산스크리트어 모음 체계와 모음 산디 규칙에 대한 지배음운론적 해석

An Analysis of the Vowel System and Rules of Svara(Vowel) Sandhi in Sanskrit based on Government Phonology

This paper discusses the vowel system of classical Sanskrit and its sandhi phenomena in the framework of Government Phonology. Traditionally, it is argued that Sanskrit has 14 vowels; 9 simplex vowels and 4 complex vowels. However, I claim that /ṛ/ and /ḷ/, which function as syllabic consonants in certain contexts, should not be included in (simplex) vowels. In addition, I also argue that this language has a typical 5-vowel system containing /a, e, i, o, u/ if the vowel length is out of consideration. I try to prove the fact why the vowels /e, o/ and /ai, au/ are always realized as long. On the other hand, from the various aspects of Svara(vowel) Sandhi in Sanskrit, we see that the skeletal points never deleted if the nuclei meet the binary condition, and the ‘Guṇa’ and ‘Bṛddhi’ can be explained by the element theory of Government Phonology. Finally, the glides in this language are always governed by the onset, rather than the nucleus.