A Study on the Perception and Production of the Stop Finals in Taiwanese Southern Min: Focus on the Pupils in Kaohsiung

• Main Authors: Chou Chen-Wei, 周辰蔚
• Other Authors: Wang Pen-Ying
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48451381898281743755

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 台灣歷史文化及語言研究所 === 101 === Taiwan is an immigrant society, and serves as a multicultural and multilingual society. As such, Taiwanese Southern Min is a most popular language spoken. Taiwan has been constantly colonized, and especially during the time of Kominka (Japanization) and the forced Chinese Language Movement imposed by Nationalist government, Taiwanese Southern Min witnesses its rise and fall in the recent century. The present research collected the data and conducted perception tests coming from the senior pupils of the elementary school. It is made to explore the perception and production competencies of the stop finals for pupils who speak Taiwanese. The experiment can be divided into two parts: the first concerns the pronunciation of the phrases as the collection of the pupils’ production data; the second pertains to perception tests, which contain the data of pupils’ listening perception of Taiwanese Southern Min. The research discovers that the pupils can less master the final [-p] in both perception tests and production. The stop final loss that quickly disappears in Kaohsiung areas is [-p]. Pupils’ listening perception is proven better than their production. From the four stop finals [p],[t],[k], and [?], those with better capability of listening perception are expected to perform their production well. Among these finals, the listening perception and production of the final [p] are simultaneously developed. Among the consonants, the listening perception and production of the stop finals that connect [a] are simultaneously developed. Finally, the researcher proposes suggestions and implications concerning the teaching of the stop finals in Taiwanese Southern Min.