| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立清華大學 === 語言學系 === 84 === This thesis aims at a process-based study of the phonological
structure of a Bunun dialect --- Isbukun. It is divided into 5
chapters. In the introduction, we give brief accounts on the
language under investigation including: its affinity with
other dialects that constitute the Bunun language, its
geographical distribution on Taiwan, the site where data were
elicited, information of informants etc. In chapter that
follows, we give analysis on Isbukun phonemes based on
constriction-based model of feature geometry enunciated by
Clements and Hume (1995). In chapter three, syllable is
analyzed. The template CVX is proposed for Isbukun syllable
structure. Brief description of stress and intonation is given
after syllabification and resyllabification have been made
clear. Also included is the minimal word constraint that
underlies the lengthening of vowels in content words. Chapter
four deals with phonological processes such as assimilation (u-
fronting and monophthongization), deletion (identical segment
deletion, and a-deletion), insertion (n-insertion and
speculation on [''i] insertion of referential focus marker ''is-)
and metathesis. The analysis of s- for Isbukun referential
marker is diachronically significant. And the analysis of
metathesis results in an affix-ordering schema that suggests
the =in and =ang, which are often taken as affixes by Bunun
students, are best regarded as enclitics. The thesis is then
concluded by calling for studies to document the endangered
(probably doomed) language.
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