A Study Of Bendihua In The Middle And Upper Reaches Of Dongjiang Basin

The study of Bendihua in the middle and upper reaches of Dongjiang River is insufficient.Many problems have not been solved well,such as which dialect system it belongs to and its relationship with surrounding dialects.This paper does a comparatively thorough research on the phonetic and vocabulary of Bendihua in the middle and upper Dongjiang.We analyze the historical strata of the initials,finals and tones,describe the types and process of the phonetic evolution,concentrate on some special phonetic phenomena of Bendihua as follows:the characters Hekou of initial"晓"and "匣" don't read in labiodental when the main vowel is[u],there is opposition between initial "影"and"云""以",the finals ofZhen-She(臻摄) is the same with the colloquial of Yi-Deng(一等) of Shan-She(山摄),and so on.About vocabulary,after overall investigation,the paper exacts 49 Character-words of Bendihua,and find a batch of Relation-words of Bendihua and its neighbors.At the same time,we attach great importance to the dialects comparison,in order to clarify the essence characteristic of Bendihua and the relationship between Bendihua and surrounding dialects,and to provide reliable evidences for the classification of Bendihua.Additionally,we discuss the formation and developmation of Bendihua contacting with history background,and try to explain the historical and realistic connection of Bendihua and its neighbors.The main conclusions of this paper are as follows:(1) The internal consistency of Bendihua is quite high.(2)The immigration from Jiangxi in the Song Dynasty play a key role to the formation and developmation of Bendihua.(3) Bendihua has close contact with both Hakka and Yue Dialect.(4)Bendihua belongs to Hakka Dialect and it should be regarded as an independent sub-group of Hakka.(5)Bendihua is deeply influenced by Yue Dialect,especially vocabulary.And the geo-relation and powerful positon of Yue Dialet play important roles to it.