A Phonological Study On Hakka Dialects Of Xingning In Guangdong Province

This thesis regards the first-handed datum of Hakka dialects in Xingning as the research object, at the same time refers to the other datum of Hakka dialect and historical datum. We sum up the phonological features by depicting the sound system of different Hakka dialects in Xingning. We also conclude the processes and rules of the phonological evolution of Hakka dialects in Xingning according to synchroinc and diachroinc comparisons.This thesis is divided into four parts, a total of five chapters.Chapter 1 : the introduction. mainly includes the Xingning human Geography,the basic features of the dialect, the researehes of Hakka dialects in Xingning formerly,and the purpose,the research value and sourses of material.Chapter 2 : the phonological features of Hakka dialects in Xingning. We describe the features of initials,finals and tones, and then sum up the samenesses and differences.Chapter 3: analysis Xingning Hakka voice sound system and meixian is the similarities and differences in sound,rhyme,tuning.Chapter 4:discusses some special topies of the initials,finals and tones by Geography linguistic.We focus on three topics:the division of initial Jing(ç²¾),Zhuang(庄),Zhi(知),Zhang(ç« );Studies on the Present Pronunciation of the Ancient Xiao(晓)Group Initials;the Evolution of Rhythm end of Xian/Shen(å'¸æ·±æ‘„)Rime Groups;Chapter 5 : the conclusion.It includes the summary of conclusions,the inadequacy of this thesis,and the direction of future efforts.