Studies On Phonology Of Húběi Southwestern Mandarin

There are three dialects in H(u|¨)b(?)i province,they are Southwestern Mandarin dialects,Hu(?)ng-xi(?)o group of Ji(?)nghu(?)i dialects and G(?)n(赣)dialects.Southwestern Mandarin,which are spoken in H(u|¨)b(?)i,S(?)chu(?)n,Ch(?)ngq(?)ng,Y(?)nn(?)n,Gu(?)zh(?)u, northwestern Gu(?)ngx(?),and the northwestern corner of H(?)n(?)n.They occupy the extensive territory and have the vast numbers of speakers.Up to now,there are few articles which study the phonological structure,the phonological evolution of the whole Southwestern mandarin,or even of the each group of Southwestern mandarin.Based on the Southwestern mandarin in H(?)b(?)i province,we compared the phonological features of dialects in different towns, exploring the historical strata of phonology,comparing the phonological features with Southwestern mandarin in Y(?)nn(?)n,S(?)chu(?)n,Gu(?)zh6u province,and finding the common characteristics of southwestern mandarin and unique features of Southwestern mandarin dialects in H(?)b(?)i province.This article is divided into seven chapters.Chapter One are introductory,which give a brief of an introduction to the object of the studies,the paper source materials,and research methods.Chapter Two we discussed the initials evolutions.First we got a summary of initials development in H(?)b(?)i Southwestern mandarin,then discussed the initials exceptions,for example the initials of fricative邪in gradeⅢof Dang(宕) group had changed to affricate in Southwest mandarin dialects.We think that fricative changed to affricate is one of features in the Southern song dynasty Mandarin.Chapter Three & Four are devoted to the phonological structure and stratum of finals.First we discussed the development of rhyme Yuyu(鱼虞)and Xiezhi(蟹止)group,analyzed the strata of them.From a strata of Yuyu(鱼虞)and Xiezhi(蟹止)of view,some features of H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin dialects come from Huangxiao dialects.Then we explain why the finals of Tong(通)group are unround vowels in the northeastern corner of H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin.The most important of chapter Four is the development of ru rhymes(入声韵).Except the ru rhymes in Dangjiang(宕江) group and Zenggeng(曾梗) group,the mergers of ru and yin rhymes in Southwestern mandarin are similar to the Zhongyan Yinyun(中原音韵), so we believe that the proto-mandarin is the Southern Song mandarin.In the last place we probe into the ru rhymes development in Dangjiang(宕江) group and Zenggeng(曾梗) group respectively.Chapter Five we give a brief introduction to tones in H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin.They usually have four tones.Five tones are uncommon.A register distinction for the qu tone is exceedingly rare,found apparently only in a few dialects spoken in the border region between H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin and Xiang(湘) dialects.The ru tone is retained as a distinct category only in G(?)ng(?)n(公安),Sh(?) sh(?) u(石首),H(?)f(?)ng(鹤峰) dialects.Chapter six we compared the H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin with the neighboring dialects,such as Hu(?)ng-xi(?)o dialects and the Southwestern mandarin dialects in other provinces.By comparing the development of Hekou(合口)medial glide in MC in the whole Southwestern mandarin,we find that Hekou(合口) medial glide with dental initials have changed to Kaikou(开口) in H(?)b(?)i province,but are retained in other dialects of Southwestern mandarin group.We used this character as the isogtoss to classify the dialects in H(?)b(?)i mandarin.We find a colloquial layer that is the unfounded vowels in syllables of the type xu(徐)and sui(岁髓),which come from the Huangxiao dialects.Furthermore,this characteristics extend into contiguous territory and appear in various dialects,such as,it occur in Gan(赣)and Xiang(湘)dialects to the east and south of the Hu(?)ng-xi(?)o area.So we suspect that the contiguous dialects share the same features.Chapter Seven is the conclusion of the article.We try to classify the H(?)b(?)i southwestern mandarin and to find out the relationship between Hudng-xi(?)o dialects and G(?)n(赣)dialects.We draw a conclusion that Hu(?)ng-xi(?)o dialect is a ties with both mandarin and G(?)n(赣)or Xi(?)ng(湘)dialects.