AN OT-CC ANALYSIS OF PHONOLOGICAL OPACITY IN SHAOXING TRISYLLABIC TONE SANDHI

作者：Zhang, Jisheng^*; van de Weijer, Jeroen M

来源：Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2012, 40(1): 139-154.

• Shaoxing Chinese
• Tone sandhi
• Tone feature
• Phonological opacity
• OT-CC

A phonological analysis of the underlying tone features of tone sandhi in light of feature geometrical theory discovers a complicated phonological opacity in Shaoxing trisyllabic tone sandhi in terms of tone feature spreading or/and delinking. However, it is well-documented that the classic Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993) fails to explain phonological opacity. Based on McCarthy's (2007) new theory-Optimality Theory with Candidate Chains (OT-CC), this paper presents an explicit explanation of the phonological rules of Shaoxing trisyllabic tone sandhi by examining the underlying tone feature behavior, which strongly suggests that OT-CC is a minimal explanatory approach to phonological opacity cross-linguistically.

• 出版日期2012-1
• 单位华东师范大学; 上海外国语大学