Word Frequency and the Actuation of Sound Change
Word Frequency and the Actuation of Sound Change
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词频与声音变化的驱动
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1984
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B. Phillips
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本文通过对英语历史上三种不同的语音变化的分析，论证了语音变化并不总是首先影响最频繁的单词，相反，某些变化会首先影响最不频繁的单词。声音的变化表现出每个方向的扩散的比较表明，影响最频繁的单词首先是由生理因素，作用于表面的语音形式的动机的变化，影响最不频繁的单词首先是由其他的，非生理因素，作用于底层的形式。因此，在扩散方向和声音变化的驱动之间得出了直接的相关性。
By presenting evidence from three different sound changes within the history of English, this paper demonstrates that sound changes do not always affect the most frequent words first; on the contrary, certain changes affect the least frequent words first. A comparison of sound changes exhibiting each direction of diffusion reveals that changes affecting the most frequent words first are motivated by physiological factors, acting on surface phonetic forms; changes affecting the least frequent words first are motivated by other, non-physiological factors, acting on underlying forms. Thus a direct correlation is drawn between the direction of diffusion and the actuation of sound change.