优选论视域下英语重叠现象研究

薛 晓卓
西安外国语大学

摘要

本文旨在以优选论为理论框架探讨英语重叠词背后的运作机制。英语重叠词主要可以分为两类：一种是完全重叠，另一种是部分重叠。其中，部分重叠又可以进一步细分为元音交替重叠和辅音交替重叠。通过对应理论（McCarthy ＆ Prince，1995）对英语重叠词进行分析，共得出4个制约条件：Faith-IO，*Ident-BR(onset)，*Ident-BR(height)，Ident-BR，它们的等级排列为：Faith-IO 》*Ident-BR(onset)，*Ident-BR(height)》 Ident-BR。

关键词

优选论；英语；重叠；对应理论

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