Study On Badu Dialect

Badu, a town of Gishui county of Jiangxi province, is the ancestral home of Mao Zedong, the greatman of China and a land with revolutionary tradition. With a history of hundreds of years, it has enjoyed high reputation for its pleasant climate, developed economy, numerous talents and advantageous geographical position. Another distinct thing of Badu is its dialect. It once attracted people抯 attention but none has made a systematic analysis on it. Aiming at filling in the gap in this field and providing materials for further research on the dialects of Jiangxi province, the author of this thesis tries to reveal the features of the dialect based on a description and analysis of its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. The thesis consists of four chapters adding up to a foreword and a conclusion. The foreword is a brief introduction on the reasons, significance and preparation for thesis writing. In chapter 1, the author briefly describes various aspects of Gishui county with a focus on that of Badu town. Chapter 2 is about the phonetic features of Badu dialect.The author not only describes and analyzes its initial consonants, rhymes, tones and their relations but explains pronunciation differences between written Chinese and local dialect. Moreover, the author respectively compares Badu phonetic system with that of Putonghua the standard chinese and that of Guangyun梐 treatise on chinese mid-ancient pronunciation, and then respectively gives a synchronic and diachronic analysis on the comparisons. Chapter 3 is on the vocabulary features. The author gives a detailed synchronic analysis on it and an initial probe into kinship appellation. In chapter 4, the author studies 10 aspects of the grammar of Badu dialect so as to reveal its features. The last part concludes the thesis, discusses basic reasons for internal differences of local dialects and forecasts its developing trend.