The Influence Of Different Pronunciation Of Chinese Dialects On Rhetoric

Chinese dialects are regional varieties and basis of the modern standard Chinese. For a long time, Chinese rhetoric focuses on written language and the figures of speech, whereas it takes less attention to the pronunciation, needless to say rhetoric of Chinese dialects, which were ever regarded as an ornament to standard Chinese study. Chinese dialectology devotes itself to a description of the pronunciation and vocabulary of Chinese dialects, and extends to grammar in recent years, but less studies are made in dialect rhetoric, which seems not fit in the important role of dialect in people's language life. With methods of description, comparison and conclusion, this paper tries to state the influence of different pronunciation on rhetoric. The difference between them is clear and easy to be recognized, we hope to fill in the gaps in Chinese dialectology and rhetoric. Our study shows that the influence can be analyzed from the view of static state (syllable, tone)and dynamic state(rhythm, discourse),the combination of them is the best way for analysis. The paper consists of introduction, the main body, and postscript. Six chapters are included in the main body. Chapter one summarizes the impact of different pronunciation of Chinese dialects on rhetoric, such as the main difference in initial consonant, simple or compound vowel, tone and sound change of Chinese syllable, the relations between the difference, rhythm and the figures of speech. It also expounds the value, method and shortcomings of the study. Chapter two discusses the impact on dialect rhythm for different pronunciation, including the similarities and differences of the syllabic structure in dialects, the different stratum in rhythm, some examples are provided in this chapter,too. Chapter three concentrates on the relations between tone sandhi, different pronunciation of literary and vernacular, rhetoric and style. Tone sandhi and pronunciation of literary and vernacular are systematic in Chinese dialects, especially in the south, which function reveals in dynamic state sentences. With hiding and revealing theory, chapter four analyses some kinds of syllabic words, the rhetoric of the alien words and the onomatopoeia. The euphony words are concerned in chapter five, containing the types of euphony words in Chinese dialects, relations between euphony words and figures of speech. Cangci(藏词)originates from Wufu(吴赋),and gradually becomes one of the figures of speech, having good tie with Wu dialect structurally, in which, the type of "丢三拉四" (omit the first three words and keep the fourth word in a structure)is unique, and the hidingpart has more than one pronunciation. This paper stresses the role and characteristic of dialect euphony in 析字(analyze the structure and meaning of a Chinese character)and顶真(thimble, take ending of the first sentence as beginning of the second one),which made it up to the definition in the past. Chapter six, rhetoric principles of Chinese dialects in process of communication, researches the role and function of dialect in speaking, the motivation and types of code-switching, the rhetoric effect of dialect accent in folk tales and written forms.