Skeletal Tier

骨架层

A term used in autosegmental phonology for the tier where units are represented as consonants and vowels within syllabic structure; also known as the CV-tier or skeleton. The intention is to represent information about the length and arrangement of segments independently of their articulatory characteristics. There are analogous notions in other models of non-linear phonology, e.g. the syllabic representation which forms part of the prosodic hierarchy in prosodic morphology.

自主音段音系学术语，指音节结构内各单位表征为辅音和元音的那个音层；也称作CV-层（CV-tier）或简称骨架。其意图是想将有关音段音长和配列的信息与有关发音特点的信息分开来表征。非线性音系学的其他模型中有类似的概念，例如韵律形态学中构成韵律层级一部分的音节表征层。