Whiskey or Bhiskey ? : Infl uence of First Element and Dialect Region on Sequential Voicing of shoochuu
Whiskey or Bhiskey ? : Infl uence of First Element and Dialect Region on Sequential Voicing of shoochuu
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威士忌还是比斯基?
DOI:
10.1080/02693799308901981
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
Fumiko Ikeda
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作者:
K. Tamaoka;Fumiko Ikeda
Th e present study investigated how fi ve fi rst elements (i.e., imo, soba, kome, mugi and kokutoo) aff ect sequential voicing (rendaku) in the second element shoochuu across six dialect regions (i.e., Kagoshima, Oita, Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Shizuoka). A decision tree analysis of questionnaire data obtained from 405 participants was conducted to predict voiced (/z/) or voiceless (/s/) decisions based on the two variables of shoochuu ingredient and dialect region. Results indicated that the type of shoochuu ingredient as the fi rst-element was a signifi cant factor for voiced-or-voiceless decisions, dividing them into four groups. (1) ‘Imo+shoochuu’ showed the highest frequency of voicing at 93.83%. (2) ‘Kome+shoochuu’ (88.89%) and ‘Soba+shoochuu’ (84.69%) showed similar percentages. (3) ‘Mugi+shoochuu’ (72.59%) was signifi cantly lower than imo, kome or soba. (4) ‘Kokutoo+shoochuu’ (56.44%) was the lowest. Th e present study also demonstrated that the six dialect regions appeared to have no infl uence on voiced-orvoiceless decisions. Dialect seems to have no infl uence on rendaku occurrences, at least in the case of shoochuu.*