The Phonological Study Of The Dialect In Yueyang County

With its special location of Yueyang,its dialect is very complex. Yueyang county dialect is one of the parts of Yueyang dialects,so it's very unique. However,there has been few documents on the study of the dialects in Yueyang county.Besides the record in local county annals,most of the study was mentioned in the general review of Hunan dialect and local works,sometimes covered by the study focused on the Dialects of Yueyang city.Considering that and on the basis of investigating in the locality, wemainly describe the phonetic system of Rongjiawan dialect -the countytown of Yueyang county , which is a representative dialect of Yueyang county dialects and divides Yueyang county dialects into several districts. In addition, a comparison will be made among Yueyang county dialect and the representative dialect of Xiang dialect,Gan dialect and Southwest official language , trying to make a conclusion to the dialect system in Yueyang County that fills the study gap of Yueyang county dialects. The full thesis falls into five parts altogether.The Introduction Part shows us the geography, the history, the population, the condition of language uses of Yueyang county briefly. It also introduces the present studies on the Yueyang county dialects and the emphasis and the main purpose of our research.The first chapter describes an account of the phonetic system, the features of initial consonant, compound vowel and tone of Yueyang county dialect. In addition, it cleans up the syllabary of Rongjiawan dialect.The second chapter describes and analyses literary reading and colloquial reading and the new developments of literary reading and colloquial reading on some characters.The third chapter uses the comparative method to sketch the contours of the inside difference of Yueyang county dialect roughly. According to it, Yueyang county dialect is divided into several districts. In addition, we sum up the phonetic features of the dialects of these districts.The fourth chapter uses the comparative and analytical methods to unveiling the differences and connections between every part of Yueyang county dialect and the representative dialect of Xiang Dialect,Gan Dialect and Southwest Official Language. Then uses the statistic method to analyse the close or alienate relationship between them.At last the writer gives her own opinion on the dialect system and its transition.