This paper investigates vowel changes from Old English to Middle English, especially focusing on the change of /ü:/ and /ü/ and accounts for the sound change within a constraint-based framework. The Middle English vowels /ü:/ and /ü/ are divided into three kinds of pronunciation based on dialects. The dialectal changes of /ü:/ and /ü/ finally result in merger with the vowel /i/. In other languages /ü:/ and /ü/ are changed to [u:] and [u] respectively (e.g., in White Hmong). In the case of a rule-based theory, the former needs unrounding and the latter needs vowel-backing. These two language- specific rules (unrounding, vowel-backing) aim at just one common goal (maximizing ease of articulation). They conspire to avoid high front rounded vowels. This conspiracy can be captured by just one universal constraint (*V[-back, +round]) in OT. Therefore, the OT analysis captures greater generality than the rule-based analysis. In order to account for the sound change of /ü:/ and /ü/, we have presented some constraints and their hierarchy.
목차
I. Introduction II. Vowels in OE and ME III. Analyses of Vowel Changes in ME 1. Rule-based Account 2. Optimality-Theoretic Account IV. Concluding Remarks Works Cited Abstract
키워드
비원순음화중세영어규칙기반이론제약기반이론UnroundingMiddle Englishrule-based theoryconstraint- based theory
저자
Park, In-kyu [ 박인규 | Chungbuk National University ]
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]