期刊名称：Linguística : Revista de Estudos Linguísticos da Universidade do Porto
印刷版ISSN：1646-6195
出版年度：2010
卷号：05
期号：01
页码：193-213
出版社：Universidade do Porto
摘要：In this study, we examine the nature and content of some phonetic/
phonological designations to refer to central vowels. Bearing in mind that
epenthetic vowels and unmarked vowels are not always central vowels, we will
argue in favour of a thorough distinction between these designations and propose
the use of: 1. ‘Central vowels’ to label vowels articulated along the central axis
the of oral cavity, 2. ‘epenthetic vowels’ to refer to postlexically inserted vowels
in order to regularize exceptional consonant strings, 3. ‘unmarked vowels’ to
indicate the most frequent epenthetic vowels of a language. Additionally, the
term ‘schwa’ is judged not strictly necessary to phonetic and phonological
description, since it does not clearly separate the different meanings associated
with more transparent designations such as ‘central’ or ‘epenthetic vowels’.
