The Phonetic Study And Social Changing Of The New Yueyang Dialect In Hunan Provice

Yueyang city locates in the northeast of Hunan province. There is a complex and interaction system of dialect, including Xiang Dialect, Gan Dialect and Southwest Mandarin Language. Because of the special location and economic construction development, Yueyang dialect is gradually divided into Old-fashioned and New-fashioned. Old Yueyang dialect has the feature of Southwest Mandarin Language which is influenced by Linxiang Lubei and HuaRong dialect. New Yueyang dialect has the feature of Gan Dialect which is influenced by Yueyang county Language. Nowadays, there is a social changing of New Yueyang dialect, influenced by Putonghua.This paper is the introduction to indicate the New Yueyang dialect, by comparison of Old Yueyang dialect, Yueyang county dialect and dialect in Huarong , analyzing of its intimate and alienation relationship, discussing the social changing of New Yueyang dialect.This paper includes seven parts.The preamble part introduces the location, population, the use of language in Yueyang city and the present studies, significance and methods of New Yueyang dialect.The first part describes the phonetic system of New Yueyang dialect.The second part analyses the phonetic characters of New Yueyang dialect, including initials, finals, tones and coordination relationships between the consonants and vowels.The third part offers the syllabary of New Yueyang dialect.The fourth part is the comparison of New Yueyang dialect, Old Yueyang dialect, Yueyang county dialect and Huarong dialect, analyzing the intimate and alienation relationship of them.The fifth part describes the social changing of New Yueyang dialect.The sixth part is Conclusion that Summarizes three Stages of Yueyang dialect.