The Dialect Study Of Hengshan Town

Hengshan country, which belongs to Yulin city, locates at the north ofShaanxi province. Hengshan dialect belongs to Jin part. Until now, the study ofHengshan dialect is not systematic and thorough; the special study of it is far fromenough also.On the basis of the detailed research of Hengshan dialect, this thesis, which focuson the phonetic system of dialect of the capital of Hengshan, used synchronicdescription primarily and adopts the methods of both synchronic comparison anddiachronic comparison.The thesis aims at showing the phonetic features of Hengshandialect thoroughly,which will be helpful to the research of the Shanbei Jin dialect andthe Jin dialect.This thesis contains six chapters. Chapter one introduces the geography,population, and the history of Hengshan country, and then discusses sub areas ofHengshan dialect, phonetic features and their inner differences. It also summarizespresent research about phonetic of Hengshan dialect. chapter two and three depictphonetic system of Hengshan dialect from different sides including the consonant,thevowel,the tone, the phonetic differences between speaking and oral reading.chapterfour and five compares the phonetic system in Hengshan with the one in Beijing,aswell as with the one in the Chinese in mid-ancient times from the side of theconsonant,the vowel and the tone.chapter six is the form of homonyms and recordsthe pronunciations of common words in Hengshan dialect.