The Phonological Study Of Xiang Dialect, Suining County

Xiang dialect occupies very important status in studying in Chinese, but compared with Wu dialecK Yue dialect and Min dialect etc., research of Xiang dialect is still relatively weak and a lot of dialect areas wait to be studied. Suining county lies in the southwest of Hunan. Because of its remote geographical position , the local dialect has not received the attention of the academia all the time and lacked the systematic research material .On the basis of investigating in the locality, we mainly describe the phonetic systemof Changpu dialect--the county town of Suining ,which is a representativeof Suining Xiang dialect and divide Suining Xiang dialect into several districts . In addition, a comparison will be made among the Changpu dialect and the peripheral dialects to analyse and explain why Suining dialect can form the present unique appearance and fill the.study gap of Suining dialect.The full thesis falls into six parts altogether.The Introduction Part shows us the geography, the history , the population, the condition of language uses of Suining county briefly. It also introduces the present studies on the Suining dialect, the emphasis and the main purpose of our research.The first chapter describes an account of the phonetic system ,the features of initial consonant, compound vowel and tone of Suining Xiangdialect.The second chapter describes and analyses literary reading and colloquial reading and their new development.The third chapter uses the statistic and comparative method to sketch the contours of the inside difference of Suining Xiang dialect roughly .According to it Suining Xiang dialect is divided into several districts .In addition ,we sum .up the phonetic features of dialects of the districts.The fourth chapter uses the comparative and analytical methods to unveiling the close contact and connections between Changpu dialect and the peripheral dialects , combines factors of geography and history to probe into the reason why the dialect can form today features .Then ,a conclusion is drawn that the Xinan Guan dialect has exerted an important influence on Suining dialect.The rest of the essay analyses the above material synthetically and advances that Suining Xiang dialect should be the transition between LouShaopian of Xiang dialect and Xinan Guan dialect.