A Phonetic System Research On Ziyang Dialect

Abstract:Zi Yang Dialect which belongs to Cheng du-Chong qing dialect of north dialectsouthwest bureaucratese is one of Si Chuan Dialects. Few forefathers are engaged in study of Zi Yang dialect.In point of achievements in dialect study, Si Chuan dialect investigation organized by many scholars in the 1950s, is comparatively systematic,which depicts Zi Yang phoneme all-around and systematically. Besides,local chronicles compiled by Zi Yang local government in the 1990s describes Zi Yang dialect from angles of phonetics, vocabulary and grammarOn the basis of achievements made by predecessors, chronically and synchronically I will describe Zi Yang dialect overall and systematically from the ways of phonetics, so reflect the laws of historical development and realistic general picture of Zi Yang Dialect. At the same time, exert positive effects on Zi Yang people sduting mandarin.This thesis falls into the following parts:part one, a surveyof Zi Yang dialect which mainly introduces some basic situations of geography and population in Zi Yang dialect area, and makes sure of an object of investigation, time data given and survey of study Zi Yang dialect. Part two, phonetics system of Zi Yang dialect which illustrates the rules of combination on the initial of a syllable, the final of a syllable and the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation,tonesandhi and erhua. Part there, the system of the initial of a syllable of Zi Yang dialect and its historic evolution which shows the development of the initial of a syllable, the final of a syllable and the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation by comparing with Guang Yun which was compiled by Chinese linguist in Song dynasty. Part four, compare the phonetics system of Zi Yang dialect to the phonetics system of Bei Jing dialect.Description-linguistics, Chinese-dialectology, historic comparison linguistics, and sociolinguistics are applied to this thesis for studying.