[Miscellaneous] APA格式排序與MS Word排序的不同

MS Word有一個功能可以排序文字：[表格] [排序]。此功能不但可以排序表格，也可以排序一般的段落文字。因此可以用來做參考文獻的書目排序。不過我最近整理 Prof. James E. Flege 的書目時，發現APA的排序和Word的排序有一點不一樣，因此羅列書目時需要仔細檢查。


I.符號與字母的順序
這是Word的排序：

Flege, J. & Schmidt, A. (1995). Native speakers of Spanish show rate-dependent processing of English stop consonants. Phonetica, 52, 90-111.

Flege, J. (1995). Two methods for training a novel second-language phonetic contrast. Applied Psycholinguistics, 16, 425-442.

Flege, J., Munro, M., & MacKay, I. (1995). Factors affecting degree of perceived foreign accent in a second language. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97, 3125-3134.

Flege, J., Takagi, N., & Mann, V. (1995). Japanese adults can learn to produce English /r/ and /l/ accurately. Language & Speech, 38, 25-55.

而這是APA正確的排序：

Flege, J. (1995). Two methods for training a novel second-language phonetic contrast. Applied Psycholinguistics, 16, 425-442.

Flege, J., Munro, M., & MacKay, I. (1995). Factors affecting degree of perceived foreign accent in a second language. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 97, 3125-3134.

Flege, J. & Schmidt, A. (1995). Native speakers of Spanish show rate-dependent processing of English stop consonants. Phonetica, 52, 90-111.

Flege, J., Takagi, N., & Mann, V. (1995). Japanese adults can learn to produce English /r/ and /l/ accurately. Language & Speech, 38, 25-55.

至於為什麼APA的排序為什麼會和Word不一樣？這是因為Word是逐行逐字比較的，其順序是符號→字母。但是APA格式當中，逗號(,)、連接號(&)這些通通都是不算的，因此Flege and Schmidt (1995)應該在Flege (1995)和Flege, Munro and MacKay (1995)之後才對。

II. 虛詞不列入排序
另外一個問題是在《教授為什麼沒告訴我》這本書當中提到的。APA在排序的時候，"a", "the", "of"等虛詞是不列入排序的。因此，下面兩篇文章中，"The effect..."應該在"Laryngeal..."之前。

這是Word排序的結果：

Flege, J. (1982). Laryngeal timing and phonation onset in utterance-initial English stops. Journal of Phonetics, 10, 177-192.

Flege, J. (1982). The effects of utterance position on English speech timing. Phonetica, 39, 337-357.

而這才是APA的正確順序：

Flege, J. (1982). The effects of utterance position on English speech timing. Phonetica, 39, 337-357.

Flege, J. (1982). Laryngeal timing and phonation onset in utterance-initial English stops. Journal of Phonetics, 10, 177-192.

III. 小結
話說回來，APA還真是個折磨人的複雜格式，規定太多太繁瑣了。所以這些傷腦筋的事情，還是丟給RefWorks、Endnote等書目管理軟體去做吧，這樣研究人員就不必為格式問題死太多腦細胞了。 ^_^