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【摘要】根據许多语言学家的研究，影响语法变异和变化的因素总是取决于语义学和语用学。例如，美国语言学家Avram Noam Chomsky认为句法是生成语法的关键组成部分，而他的研究低估了语音的影响。在2003年，德国语言学家Julia Schlüter在她的论文《英语语法变异的语音决定因素：乔姆斯基最坏的可能案例》中强调了语音影响对语法变异的重要性，对Chomsky的理论提出了质疑。本文通过研究语音对颜色形容词的排列影响，进一步证明了Schlüter 教授的观点。
【关键词】语音学;颜色形容词;语法变异
【作者简介】杨青青（1990.03-），女，西南交通大学希望学院，四川泸州，研究生，助教，研究方向：英美研究。
According to the previous researches of linguistic predecessors， the factors which influence on grammatical variation and change always rest on semantics and pragmatics like semantic or stylistic distinctions， emphasis and syntactic requirements. For instance， American linguist Avram Noam Chomsky claims that syntax is a key component in the generative grammar while phonological influence is underestimated by his research. Seldom cannot such precursors neglect the role phonology plays in morphological and syntactic structures. However， in 2003， German linguist Julia Schlüter argues against Chomsky’s theory by emphasizing the significance of phonological influence on grammar variants in her essay Phonological determinants of grammatical variation in English： Chomsky’s worst possible case.
Based on Schlüter’s argumentation， this paper narrows it down to the influence of rhythm on the color adjectives sequencing. Rhythm is， beyond all question， a crucial factor in the language of poems and songs.
As mentioned above， rhythmic alternation is a co-determining factor in some scenarios for the color adjective sequence. Taking pink as an example， when pink appears with a disyllabic color adjective immediately before or after and， this case deserves to do research and analyze.
According to the data of pink and orange and the data of orange and pink in google corpus， it is clear that pink which appears in the first position is almost two times of pink coming in the second position. This sharp comparison proves again the theory of Dr. Schlüter， ‘short and simple before long and complex’. When the authors are writing， most of them choose pink and orange rather than orange and pink unconsciously. Dr. Schlüter also mentions that， semantic factor comes to play a part in sequencing color adjectives. For example， in her book， she gives the example of red and yellow， and tries to prove that the choice of red and yellow is partly because red is a more eye catching color. Apart from that， red is monosyllabic and yellow is disyllabic. But the semantic factor functions here in the phrase pink and orange far more less than in red and yellow. Because it is blur or controversial to say which one is more eye-catching between pink and orange， thus in this case， phonology influences more than semantics. In terms of phonological factor， ‘short and simple before long and complex’ is a domain rule， so pink and orange is twice as orange and pink. But rhythmic alternation also comes to affect the sequencing. （1） a. Tory watched in bewilderment as Pete concentrated on the pink and orange clad girl， ignoring everyone else. （Susan H. Riner： The Mystery of the Twin Towers， 2008; Google Books： American English）
b. And when you hand your pink and orange cards to the mayor’s assistant at a fund-raising dinner， （Emira Mears， Lauren Bacon： The Boss of You： Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start， Run， and Maintain Her Own Business， 2008; Google Books： American English）
c. Clouds trailing southward glowed pink and orange against a lavender sky， and then， pop， “Here comes the sun， here comes the sun...”
【关键词】语音学;颜色形容词;语法变异
【作者简介】杨青青（1990.03-），女，西南交通大学希望学院，四川泸州，研究生，助教，研究方向：英美研究。
According to the previous researches of linguistic predecessors， the factors which influence on grammatical variation and change always rest on semantics and pragmatics like semantic or stylistic distinctions， emphasis and syntactic requirements. For instance， American linguist Avram Noam Chomsky claims that syntax is a key component in the generative grammar while phonological influence is underestimated by his research. Seldom cannot such precursors neglect the role phonology plays in morphological and syntactic structures. However， in 2003， German linguist Julia Schlüter argues against Chomsky’s theory by emphasizing the significance of phonological influence on grammar variants in her essay Phonological determinants of grammatical variation in English： Chomsky’s worst possible case.
Based on Schlüter’s argumentation， this paper narrows it down to the influence of rhythm on the color adjectives sequencing. Rhythm is， beyond all question， a crucial factor in the language of poems and songs.
As mentioned above， rhythmic alternation is a co-determining factor in some scenarios for the color adjective sequence. Taking pink as an example， when pink appears with a disyllabic color adjective immediately before or after and， this case deserves to do research and analyze.
According to the data of pink and orange and the data of orange and pink in google corpus， it is clear that pink which appears in the first position is almost two times of pink coming in the second position. This sharp comparison proves again the theory of Dr. Schlüter， ‘short and simple before long and complex’. When the authors are writing， most of them choose pink and orange rather than orange and pink unconsciously. Dr. Schlüter also mentions that， semantic factor comes to play a part in sequencing color adjectives. For example， in her book， she gives the example of red and yellow， and tries to prove that the choice of red and yellow is partly because red is a more eye catching color. Apart from that， red is monosyllabic and yellow is disyllabic. But the semantic factor functions here in the phrase pink and orange far more less than in red and yellow. Because it is blur or controversial to say which one is more eye-catching between pink and orange， thus in this case， phonology influences more than semantics. In terms of phonological factor， ‘short and simple before long and complex’ is a domain rule， so pink and orange is twice as orange and pink. But rhythmic alternation also comes to affect the sequencing. （1） a. Tory watched in bewilderment as Pete concentrated on the pink and orange clad girl， ignoring everyone else. （Susan H. Riner： The Mystery of the Twin Towers， 2008; Google Books： American English）
b. And when you hand your pink and orange cards to the mayor’s assistant at a fund-raising dinner， （Emira Mears， Lauren Bacon： The Boss of You： Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start， Run， and Maintain Her Own Business， 2008; Google Books： American English）
c. Clouds trailing southward glowed pink and orange against a lavender sky， and then， pop， “Here comes the sun， here comes the sun...”