Chinese Dialects Cognate Word Study

Now,there is not a systematic study on cognate words inChinese dialects,so we want to research the thesis in thisdissertation comprehensively and systematically.We will usethe historical comparative method,which is from the Westernlinguistics.At first,we consider the six Chinese southerndialects as different languages,and then,we will analyze andorganize the cognate words from these dialects through theestablishment of the phonetic law and semantic relationship.We hope to find out the evolution of Chinese dialects throughthe study about the origin and the contact of Chinese dialects.We will judge the relationship among Chinese dialects throughthe research about the ratio of Cognate words,and hope thiswork can further the research about the feature words in Chinesedialects.In a word,the study will further the research of thehistory of Chinese and Chinese dialects.This dissertation is divided into five chapters.In chapter1,which is the preface,we will introduce the significance ofthis subject,methods and principles,resource of the materialand the steps of this research,and so on;In chapter 2,whichis the outline,we definite the concept of cognate words inChinese dialects and give a preliminary classification,andmake a brief summary about the previous studies;In chapter 3,depending on 156 phonetic correspondence laws in Chinesedialects,we classify the cognate words.At last,the analysisincludes 56"noun cognate words",99"verb cognate words",18"adjective cognate words"and the others;In chapter 4,we analyze the cognate words in Chinese dialectscomprehensively.Based on the work,we will research thedistance relationship among Chinese dialects.We believe thestudy will further the research of feature words in Chinesedialects;In chapter 5,which is the remarks,we make someconclusions and talk about the relative issues.