Study On Wenling Dialect In Zhejiang Province

Wenling dialect belongs to Taizhou group of Wu dialect, except RuoShan dialectwhich belongs to Southern Min dialect island. In this dissertation, RuoShan dialect isn'tincluded in Wenling dialect.Owing to Mister Li Rong, Wenling dialect is well-known to scholars in dialectresearch.His four special articles about Wenling dialect and the examples of Wenlingdialect in many other articles,Tone Sandhi of Wenling Dialect and The Inflexion ofWenling Dialect, in particular, plays a creative and significant role in the research ofChinese dialects. However, LiRong's articles focuses on studying phonetics, which is not acomplete system, neither a reference to lexics and grammar. Other researchers' sporadicarticles, also can't give us a whole picture of Wenling dialect. Therefore, as a Wenlingnative, meantime, a researcher of Chinese dialects, it seems reasonable to choose Wenlingdialect, which has special research meaning and value of studying, as my primary studyingobject.In the dissertation, the Wenling dialect study, the author adheres to the principle andcore thoughts of "intergrating points and spheres",which basically reflects in thefollowing2respects:First,"integrating points and spheres" is reflected in research contents.1. We construct a Language panoramic of Wenling dialect by researching itsphonetics, lexics and grammar.2. We don't intend to exhaust all facets of each aspect about phonetics, lexics andgrammar. Instead, extended and deep research are performed on the basis of formerscholars' study.In phonetics aspect, the combination of complementary and comprehensive researchnot only replenishes the phenomenon of homophony syllabary, the comparision betweenancient and today, the inside differences and particular phonetic phenomena, theunfinished multiword with tone Sandhi and the function as well as the distribution of theinflexion by Li Rong, but also provides a deeper analysis and comparison about phonetic system of Wenling dialect and tone sandhi of the disyllables and tri-syllabic. All abovepromotes the study on phonetics of Wenling dialect.In lexics aspect, we analyse the source and characteristics of Wenling dialect, andmake a research of its distinguished glossary.In grammar aspect, consideraing the minor differences between the variousdialects,we analyse several grammar points with distinctive features, including typicalparts of speech, such as quantifier, directional verb, postpositive adverb, postpositive nounof locality, etc. and the aspects of verbs, the characteristics of sentences such as the orderof brief setences, comparative sentences, modal particles, etc.Second,"integrating points and spheres" is reflected in research methods.1. Grasping the principle of "integrating points and spheres" both internally andexternally. For interior, it means to research its own system of Wenling dialect. Taking thedialect of Taiping, seat of municipal government of Wenling, as a representative one, wechoose six dialects spots with distinctive features and compare them. The six spots areZeguo (With the characteristics of Huangyan dialect), Xinhe (Li Rong's hometown),Wugen (It neighbours Yueqing in Wenzhou and Yuhuan in Taizhou), Aohuan andSongmen (the sites of garrison in Ming and Qing dynasty), Shitang (the first place inMainland China to meet the dawn of the new Millennium, and the place to adjoin theSouthern Min dialect island).2. Using traditional research approach as sphere to study the phonetics, lexics andgrammar of Wenling dialect, and adjusting method properly according to the researchcontents,which is seen as points e.g., using the research method of Sociolinguistics and theexplanation of linguistic phenomena reasonably are conducive to our understanding of thechanging and the changed of Wenling dialect.