Inner Mongolia Jin Language Liangcheng If Its Variability Study

The study of Jin dialect of Inner Mongolia has made many progresses on vocal description, the ancient words, borrowings, textual research and grammatical descriptions, yet, there are still some deficiencies and even some blank spots existing in the investigation. This is mainly manifested as follows:first, no large-scale survey has ever been conducted on the one hand, and on the other hand, the lack of first-hand material. It remains unclear about the overall concept on some towns and rural dialects and the dialect variations among different places. Second, the in-depth study of some typical dialect-places is absent. And third, there are few research results by sociolinguistic analysis. The study of synchronic variation of dialects contributes to revealing the diachronic changes of characteristics, processes, laws, and development trend.The main purposes of this paper are as follows:firstly, to further complement and strengthen the study of the Inner Mongolia Jin Dialects. A single-sited research in Inner Mongolia is inadequate. Thus we expect sustained attention will be paid to dialects in the area from the beginning of the more comprehensive description to single site dialect. Secondly, explore the intergenerational transmission of Liangcheng dialect on the basis of a thorough interpretation of the on-the-spot survey data/materials. The paper reveals an evolutionary trace of Liangcheng dialect at the fringe of Jin language through the investigation and quantitative analysis of the dialect used among the three generations (the aged, the mid-aged and the young). It is no doubt of great significance to explore dynamically of the development rules of Jin language. Thirdly, the paper focuses on description of the peculiar feature of Liangcheng dialect and motivated illustration.In addition to early description of Liangcheng County, Liangcheng dialect profiles, the study in history and current situation of the Inner Mongolia Jin Dialect and internal division of Liangcheng dialect on the introduction parts, the body mainly covers three aspects:First, describes vocal conditions, contrasting vocal differences among Liangcheng representative places, and compares to the differences in spatial and temporal distribution area between "Shu/cu"(舒促)two-reading words, describes colloquial-literary strata. Second, analyzes the basic characteristics of Liangcheng dialect vocabulary, reverse words, Four-character words, reveals the phenomenon of "Yi sheng xiang yi" (sound indicates meaning) and its impact on vocabulary and grammar, lists dialect lexis according to the meaning and speech. The last part describes the affixes of Liangcheng dialect, and spatial and temporal distribution of a number of grammatical phenomena.The paper has the following findings:First, there are greater differences within Liangcheng dialect. Voice in most of the region shares same Jin-chip feature with the phrase Zhang Hu(张呼片),voice of places is, in a fraction, consistent with the phrase features of Da Bao chip(大包片).Second, the new phonetic strata of colloquial-literary pronunciations appear. And third, there is the feature that the meaning is impacted by the sound. Fourth, Morphological word-formation is more obvious, especially the affixes forming verbs are very rich. Fifth, there are obvious intergenerational differences in Liangcheng regain.