A Study On The Phenomenon Of Mediaeval Zhi-Zu Read Blade-Alvelar In The Southern Chinese Dialects

The Phenomenon of mediaeval Zhi-zu of reading blade-alvelar is widely distributed in the southern Chinese dialects,which is an issue worthy of studying in Chinese dialect research. This paper selected the phonetic phenomena as an research,discusses the distribution characteristics,pronunciation type and certain related phonetic problems.The full text is divided into four chapters,excluding the introduction.In the first three chapters,the situation of reading blade-alvelar in mediaeval Zhi-zu in the southern Chinese dialects is discussed respectively according to the dialect areas.In the fourth chapter,the another of this paper make a comprehensive analysis on the distribution characteristics, pronunciation type and other related issues of reading blade-alvelar in Zhi-zu.Through the above research, the another of this paper draws the following conclusions:The first one: The phenomenon of reading blade-alvelar in Zhi-zu exists in Min dialects, Gan dialects, Xiang dialects,Wu dialects, Pinghua,rustic and local dialects.It presents the highest percentage in Min and Gan dialects,while in Xiang dialects and rustic dialects,it takes the second place in Pinghua,local and Wu dialects rank the lowest.The second one:The types of pronunciation are divided into four, One parting,Two parting,Three parting and Four parting:There is only one type “t”in One parting; t/t?、t/?d、t/d、t/d? and t/l types are consist of Two parting; Regarding to the Three parting,the types are t/t?/l、t/t?/d、t/t?/?d and t/d/?d; there is only t/t?/d/l in Four parting.What’s more t/t? type in Two parting is the mostly widespread one.While One parting and Four parting are the least.The third one:It shows visible differences in the internal parts of Zhi-zu in some dialects.The proportion of Che-mu reading blade-alvelar is significantly lower than Zhi-mu and Cheng-mu,even in some dialects reading blade-alvelar are all Zhi-mu and Cheng-mu,no Che-mu.The second class and third class of Zhi-zu also clearly showthe differences in some dialects, the proportion of Zhi-zu second class reading blade-alvelar is lower than Zhi-zu third class,in many dialects reading blade-alvelar are all Zhi-zu third class,no Zhi-zu second class. This reflects in some dialects,whether reading blade-alvelar in Zhi-zu is closely related to the method of pronunciation initials and finalis.