A Study Of Changed Finals Of The Dialect In Qi County

Qi County lies in the North of Henan province, its dialect is a transitional language of Zhongyuan Mandarin and Jin language.Changes of finals is a big feature of its dialect.The records of pronunciation in this article is by the standard of Luoyuan Countryside of Xigang Township. The article is on the standard of the author's investigation at Qi County.By using descriptive linguistics'method we describe in details the phonology and phonological features of Qi County dialect, phonological appearance of Z changed finals and D changed finals,the corresponding rules between the changed finals and the basic finals, and then we discuss the grammatical forms and the grammatical meanings of Z changed finals and D changed finals.Lastly we use the methods of historical linguistics to discuss the origins of Z changed finals and D changed finals as well as their grammatical process. The paper consists of five chapters:Chapter One is the introduction. The author introduces simply the basis of selecting the title and explains the summary of the predecessors'studies, the aims, the significance and the methods of this paper.Chapter Two we describe the phonology of Qi County dialect, including initials, finals, tones as well as their features. Chapter Three we mainly discuss Z changed finals and D changed finals of Qi County dialect as well as their characteristics of pronunciation and how they correspond to the basic finals, describe in detail their grammatical forms and meanings.Chapter Four we use the theories of changed sound and grammaticalization, under the foundation of diachronic evelopment and synchronic comparison, we unify other dialects altogether to discuss the origins of Z changed finals and D changed finals as well as their grammatical roads.Chapter Five is the conclusion. We discuss the conclusion of this article as well as the deep direction of this research about changed finals.