The Phonological Study Of Chengguan Dialect In Linxiang County Of Hunan Province

With its special location of Linxiang,its dialect is very complex. But Linxing dialects has not received the attention of the academia all the time,there has been few documents on the study of the dialects in Linxiang. Besides the record in local county annals,most of the study was mentioned in the general review of Hunan dialect and local works. Considering that and on the basis of investing in the locality,we mainly describe the phonetic system of Chengguan dialect- the county town of Linxiang ,Which is a representative dialect of Linxiang dialects and divides Linxiang dialects into several districts. In addition, a comparison will be made among Linxiang dialects and the representative dialect of Xiang dialects,Gan dialect and Southwest official language,trying to make a conclusion to the dialect system in Linxiang that fills the study gap of Linxiang dialects.The full thesis falls into six parts altogether.The Introduction Part shows us the geography,the history,thepopulation,the condition of languag uses of Linxiang briefly. Is also introduces the present studies on the Linxiang dialects and 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 Linxiang dialects.The second chapter descibers and analyses literary reading and colloquial reading and the layers of literary reading and colloquial reading on some characters.The third chapter cleans up the syllabary of Chengguan dialect.The fourth chapter uses the comparative method to the contours of the inside difference of Linxiang dialects roughly. According to it,Linxiang dialects is divided into several districts. In addition,we sum up the phonetic features of these districts.The fifth chapter uses the comparative and analytical methods to unveiling the differences and connections between every part of Linxiang dialects and the representative dialect of Xiang Dialect,Gan Dialect and Southwest Official Language. Then uses the statistic method to analyses the close or alienate relationship between them.Then,two conclusions are drawn that the category of Chengguan dialect and the peripheral dialects have exerted different degrees influence on Linxiang dialects.