摘要
英语/r/、/l/和/h/这三个音的辅音地位受到质疑,一直难以定位。国内外语音学家对其发音方法、发音部位以及区别特征等问题进行论述,一直争论不休。通过对比分析,试图对这三个音进行重新定义。初步认定/r/是齿龈后无擦通音,具体发音形式是[],/l/是齿龈边通音,/h/作为通音则更合适一些。这三个音在某种程度上与半元音有相似之处,它们不是真正的辅音。因此,它们应该是介于辅音与元音之间的中间项,其区别特征可以表示为[+辅音性/元音性]。
The classification of the English/r/,/l/and/h/into consonants has been questioned, and yet their status has not been decided. Phoneticians both at home and abroad have argued over their manners and places of articulation and their distinctive features. The author challenges some relevant assumptions and definitions of these sounds. A further study of these segments convinces the author that they are approximants, which share some similarities with semi -vowels, that is, they are not true consonants. Therefore, they should be regarded as intermediates, something between consonants and vowels, and their distinctive features can be notated as （ ＋ consonantal/vocalic）.
出处
《外国语文》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第1期75-78,共4页
Foreign Languages and Literature
关键词
英语
辅音/r/
/l/
/h/
通音
区别特征
English
consonants/r/, /l/, and/h/
approximants
distinctive features
