A Phonetic Study Of Shimen Dialect

Shimen is located in the Hunan Hubei border .The dialect is arounded by Eastern Mandarin dialect, Southwest Mandarin and Xiang dialect. It' s dialect environment is rather special, the dialect features is rather ambiguous to understand .So far,no comprehensive and deap research has touched upon Shimen dialect.there are argumens about its attribution till now.The paper tries to explain its characterictics and attribution by using abundant linguistic materials which are based on extensive practical investigation .this thesis consists of five parts.Chapterâ… ,gives an brief introduction of ShiMen dialect and then reviews the provious studies relevant to topic.Chapterâ…¡,Gives brief introduction of the phonological systems of threevernacular selected in ShiMen dialect,It included consonants ,vowels and tones.Chapterâ…¢,gives a comparative analysis to find out the identities and differences of Shimen dialect,fmd out Shimen dialect' s phonetic features.Chapterâ…£,makes a synchronic and diachronia study on its phonetic features.