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Regional variation and change of Tai dam single initials

2018; University of Barcelona; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

2013-2247

Somsonge Burusphat,

Linguistic Variation and Morphology

espanolEste articulo presenta un estudio sobre la variacion regional de las consonantes iniciales simples del Tai Dam en tres lugares: Tailandia, Laos y Vietnam. El idioma Tai Dam o Black Tai ha sido seleccionado como un estudio de caso porque es hablado por un grupo etnico significativo en los tres paises de la ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). Los enclaves de la investigacion incluyen lugares que nunca o durante mas de una decada se han estudiado para poder realizar una comparacion diacronica. El marco teorico utilizado en este estudio es la teoria de la variacion en la cual las iniciales simples del Tai Dam se usan como variables dependientes, y las ubicaciones de los hablantes de Tai Dam sirven como variables independientes. Segun la variacion y el cambio de las iniciales individuales de Tai Dam, se clasifican en tres grupos. El primer grupo consiste en trece iniciales simples que permanecen intactas. El segundo grupo incluye cinco iniciales que cambian internamente del Old Tai Dam y no muestran variacion regional. El ultimo grupo tiene diecinueve iniciales simples que cambian de Old Tai Dam y varian segun los lugares de Tailandia, Laos y Vietnam. La variacion regional es causada basicamente por el contacto linguistico, que es un factor externo importante. La mayoria de los hablantes del Tai Dam en los tres paises son bilingues, por lo que las lenguas mayoritarias han influido definitivamente. EnglishThis paper presents a study on regional variation of Tai Dam initial single consonants in three locations, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Tai Dam or Black Tai language was selected as a case study because it is spoken by a significant ethnic group in the three ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. The research sites include locations which have never or for over a decade been studied so that a diachronic comparison can be examined. The framework used in this study is Variation Theory in which Tai Dam single initials are used as dependent variables, with the locations of Tai Dam speakers serving as independent variables. Based on the variation and change of the Tai Dam single initials, they are classified into three groups. The first group consists of thirteen single initials which remain intact. The second group includes five initials which internally change from Old Tai Dam and show no regional variation. The last group has nineteen single initials which change from Old Tai Dam and are varied according to locations in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. The regional variation is caused basically by language contact which is an important external factor. Most Tai Dam people in the three countries are bilingual so the majority languages have definitely influenced.