作者Geigemachen ()
看板ask-why
标题Re: [请益] 英文字母W的念法
时间Sun Nov 1 17:04:23 2009
※ 引述《Cayman1021 (WhatReallyMatters)》之铭言:
: 以前小时候总是念不清楚W字母的发音
: 长大之後知道一些英文之後
: 发现W怎麽念起来那麽像 double u
: 可是好像从来没有一个老师有提过 W 为何念起来很像 double u
: 那到底对老外而言 W 的音就是因为看起来像两个U才导致会有这种发音吗 @@?
: 长久以来的疑问
: 谢谢~~
拉丁字母U跟V在古典拉丁文是同一个字母V,作半子音念成/w/,做母音念成/u/,
在一世纪的通俗拉丁文把半子音的V念成双唇音/β/,後来变成/v/。
在七世纪的古英文把w子音写成两个相连的拉丁字母v(就是u),也就是double U。
英文的double U,也就是double V,写成了VV或vv连写体,变成了我们认识的W/w,
在诺曼人征服英格兰以後W的接受度就越来越高了。
後来在中古晚期1500年中期,拉丁字母U与V的写法先照出现位置分化,
字首出现的就是V,字中或字末出现的就写成u,
後来依照发音分化,作子音用的写成v,做母音用的写成u,成了两个发音不同的字母。
最後"W"与"double U"的写法与发音的直接关系被破坏,
造成了我们这些人对历史背景不熟悉的人的困扰。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
The earliest form of the letter W was a doubled V used in the 7th century by
the earliest writers of Old English; it is from this <uu> digraph that the
modern name "double U" comes. This digraph was not extensively used, as its
sound was usually represented instead by the runic wynn (?), but W gained
popularity after the Norman Conquest, and by 1300 it had taken wynn's place
in common use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
History
The letter U ultimately comes from the Semitic letter Waw by way of the
letter V. See the letter V for details.
During the late Middle Ages, two forms of "v" developed, which were both used
for modern u and v. The pointed form "v" was written at the beginning of a
word, while a rounded form "u" was used in the middle or end, regardless of
sound.
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