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1、Denasalization,VocalicNasalizationandRelatedIssuesinSouthernMin:ADialectalandComparativePerspectiveChinfaLienNationalTsingHuaUniversityAbstractThepaperwillbemainlyconcernedwithissuesrelatedtodenasalizationofinitialsandvocalicnasalizationinSouthernMin.Inparticular,we

2、willaddresstheissuesofchronologyofphonologicalrulesinvolvingthesetwohistoricalprocesses.Adialectalandcomparativeperspectivewillbeadoptedtotacklethecomplicatedproblemsinvolved.Itappearsthatdenasalizationgoeshandinhandwithvocalicnasalizationinthattherearepatternsofint

3、eractionbetweeninitialandfinalspecificallythecodainthesyllablestructure.Albeitdiachronicalprocessestheyareverymuchaliveintheintuitionofnativespeakersasmanifestedintheirsetbehaviorincopingwiththelearningofaforeignorsecondlanguage.Thereisevidenceinsupportoftransferofr

4、ulesinvolvingsourcelanguageagentivity.Wethenexaminetheinteractionbetweensegmentalsinasyllableinconjunctionwithstratumdistinction.Intermsoftripartitedistinctionoffinalsamuchclearerpictureemergesanditnowbecomespossibletosolvesomepuzzlingandseeminglyparadoxicalproblems

5、aboutstratumdistinctionofphonologicalprocesess.NextwediscussinsomedetailpatternsofdenasalizationinthesubgroupingofSouthernMin.XiamenandChaozhouastwoimportantsubgroupdialectsarecomparedanditisfoundthattheformeristheleaderinthedenasalizationofinitialsandthelatteristhe

6、laggerorratherbeginnerofsuchadevelopment.IthasbecomequiteobviousthatdenasalizationofinitialsandvocalicnasalizationcanbeusedasdiagnosticteststoestablishXiamenandChaozhoutogetherasadistnctandseparategroupofMindialectsaswellasthesubgroupdistinctionbetweenthem.Keywords:

7、vocalicnasalization,densalization,co-occurrencerestriction,initialandcoda,transferofrules,dialectalsubgrouping,interaction,SouthernMin,chronology,stratumdistinctionDenasalization,VocalicNasalizationandRelatedIssuesinSouthernMin:*ADialectalandComparativeperspectiveCh

8、infaLienNationalTsingHuaUniversity1.ChronologyofPhonologicalRulesDenasalizationandvocalicnasalizationinSouthernMinrevealafairlycomplicated