Xiang Dialect Chen Xu River-chip Voice

The Chenxu cluster in Xiang group lies in the west of Hunan,Yuanshui midstream,including membership of Luxi County attached to Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous regions,Chenxi County and Xupu County attached to Huaihua city.These three counties are in the transition zone of southwestern Mandarin,Xiang group and Gan group which are in the state of mutual contact and influence,so the mixod-color of language is obvious,and the township dialects in a county often have great differences.For long time,people have different ideas on ascriptional problem of these three counties'dialects.This paper selects 24 dialects of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group and goes into comprehensive and deep investigation in order to show the whole phonetic visage and reveal their commom phonetic features and internal differences.Based on horizontal comparison and vertical care for some important linguistic phenomenon,it construes the causes of these phenomena and explores the transition rule and direction of phonetical evolvement,moreover it tries to do some exploration in theories.From comparison between Chenxu cluster in Xiang group and peripheral dialects,the papercatcbes sound changes after Xiang group contacts with Mandarin and Gan group,analyses and cardings the specific forms of contacts and crasises between dialects,and explores the mode and rule of them.Through reorganization and induction of the Chenxu cluster's sound features,it finds out language basis of this cluster,then determines the region scope of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group.The full text is divided into six chapters:Chapter One briefly produces geographical environment,historical origin and development, language general situation of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group,and gives a brief comment on dialectology situation of the cluster since the 20th Century;at the same time it also introduces the book's research contents,method,value as well as representative points of dialect and pronunciation partner of this paper.Chapter Two describes phonological system of 24 dialects of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group.Chapter Three compares phonological system of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group and mediaeval phonological system.Chapter Four investigates the history evolvements for initial,core,tone of ChenXu cluster in Xiang group.The important evolvements of sound:the archaic evolvements of the Voiced initials;the voice of evolvements of "Zhi-Zhang-Zhuang" group;the influence about the core from "Jing-Zhuang" group;the main sound changes of high front vowels about the core of Guo and Jia Division;the phenomena about "the mergence of the Zhi and Wei rhymes into the Yu rhyme","the mergence of the Yu rhyme into the Zhi and Wei rhymes";the apart and confuse of the Fist or Second Rims in the the Xie,Xian and Shan Divisions;the confuse about Tong division and Liu division,the types and reasons with the sound changes of the suffix and strange-toned.The main viewpoints:Zhuang group can cause the departure of medial[u].Jing group can cause the development of medial[u].The initial about Zhi-Zhuang-Zhang groups of Wuxi and Tanxi dialects can be read[t(?)]and this phenomena is called re-evolvement.The main sound changes of high front vowels about the core of Guo Division,which does not always need the force from the Jia division.The concourse about the third Grade Rims in the Zhi division of hetonese and the third Grade Rims in the Yu division of hetonese in ChenXu cluster in Xiang group,which can be read[*yi].The two cores:Liu and tong cores have concoursed and the reason is that the two cores only have the distinguish in consonant endings,and the articulation positions of the consonant ending are very close to each other.The sound changes of the suffix and strange-toned come into being,and this is because the higher of the high adjustment formula causes the stronger of the vowels,in order to keep the harmonization with the strength of the Syllabic.Becanse the length of the falling-rising tone can cause the developement of the vowels,low of the tongue and the change of the consonant ending.Chapter Five introduces contact sound changes of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group and Southwestern Mandarin,Gan group from the point of view of geographical linguistic.The study concludes that:Mandarin gradually exerts influence on Chenxu cluster mainly from west to east,and the southern and northern parts of the Mandarin have less influence on it.Whether from the geographical area of influence,or from the amount of the sound class,the influence of Gan group upon Chenxu cluster in Xiang group is far less than Mandarin.Based on literary pronunciation of Jia Division in Chenxu cluster,this paper divides mode of the sound on loan into rules and sound value on loan.Sound value on loan has three forms:equivalent on loan,similar on loan,and corresponding on loan.Chapter Six finds out the basis which becomes an independent one through reorganization and induction of the Chenxu cluster's sound features,then determines the region scope of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group.The level-tone words of the voiced initials of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group which is read unaspirated sonant when it runs into stop and affricate,Zesheng words devoice,Rusheng words mostly read aspirated surd,this different characteristic is the basis of Chenxu cluster which becomes an independent one.Compared with peripheral dialects,phonetic visage of Chenxu cluster in Xiang group approaches with Loushao cluster,but it is very different from the near Dongsui cluster in Gan group.Thus it can be seen:Chenxu cluster in Xiang group originally had linked with Loushao cluster in Xiang group,afterwards Gan group which was brought by the the Jiangxi immigrant was nailed Like wedge between it and Loushao cluster,from this time on it is separated with Loushao cluster.Chenxu cluster in Xiang group belongs to withering dialect piece,the characteristic of the Xiang dialect is unceasingly losing,partial dialects have become Southwestern Mandarin and Gan group.