Tone Study Of Pan’an Dialect

Pan’an County is located in the middle part of Jinhua City,adjacent to Dongyang City,Yongkang City,Xianju County etc.The main dialect in Pan’an is the southern Wu dialect of Wuzhou.This paper was written based on the materials got in the investigations,and have done a deep and detailed research,integrate traditional methods with experimental methods,compares and analyzes the six places of Pan’an dialect tones.This paper not only focus on the description of the tonal values of the Pan’an dialect monograms,but also the change of Shangsheng and Rusheng.The main body of this passage can be divided into four sections.First of all,it mainly introduces the geographical population of Pan’an County and the research status of Pan’an County,the aim of this paper,the process of the investigation,the basic information of the speakers as well as related research methods.Secondly,the phonetics of the Pan’an dialect phonology will be introduced in the first chapter.Also,the description based on the phonology of Pan’an dialect synchronously from the perspective of initials,finals and tones will be discussed.Chapter two will include the evolution of Pan’an dialect in reference to Shangsheng.And mainly discuss the three types of Shangsheng evolution,and the different types of evolution in details.For chapter three,it will be about the Rusheng’s laxation.This chapter Pan’an dialects can be roughly divided into two types according to whether the Rusheng is preserved.The two types not only show the synchronic difference,but also explains the diachronic evolution of the Rusheng all together.The situation and the law of Rusheng evolution is explored through analysis.Last but not the least,chapter four with the conclusion summarizes the research of the full text and suggests the inadequacies of this article.