【摘要】 语音实验发现:合肥话中的两字组轻声音高由前字决定;三字组的中字音高受后字影响,由后字的调类决定。传统的生成音系学对此可以描述,却无法合理解释。运用现代音系学的理论——优选论(OptimalityTheory),通过五条制约条件的交互作用,能够对此现象解释。更多还原

【Abstract】 The acoustic study shows that the pitch values of neutral tones are both influenced by the precedingsyllable and the following syllable. Traditional generative phonology can describe the phenomenon; but cannotgive a satisfactory explanation. Through the interaction of five constraints the article renders a unified accountof neutral tones in Hefei dialect within the framework of Optimality Theory.更多还原