浅议破擦音[ts]在英汉两种语言中的不同表现

英语和汉语都存在破擦音[ts],但这一相似性并没有带给以英语为母语的汉语学习者正向迁移。在以汉语为二语的教学中,学习者对汉语[ts]的习得过程显现出一定的困难。该文通过分析[ts]在汉语和英语中的音系表现来解释这一现象,并得出结论：在语音和听觉感知上相同的两个音,其音系结构可能不同。

On the Different Representation of Affricate [ts] in English and Chinese

Affricate [ts] exists in both English and Chinese. However, this similarity fails to bring positive transfer to Mandarin learners whose mother tongue is English. In teaching Chinese as a second language, difficulties appear in learners’ acquisition of [ts]. Conclusion from the analysis of the phonological representation of [ts] in Chinese and English shows that segments with same phonetic sound and acoustic perception may have different phonological structure.