The Research On The Kinship Appellation Of Wuhan Dialect

Abstract: The kinship appellation intuitively reflects the complex structure of thehuman society after language processing, which based on consanguinity kinship,affinity and descent act. The kinship appellation is closely related to the entiresocio-cultural, political background, traditional habits. Studying the status of kinshipappellation in some certain area, to a certain extent, can learn about ethical system,values, geographical psychological of this region. At the same time, the kinshipappellation is a dynamic system. Its forms and contents are prone to have some subtlechanges as society changes, which can be likened to a barometer for studying Hannation culture and dialect characteristics.Wuhan is located in the east of the Jianghan Plain, situated at the junction of theYangtze and Han River. The urban is composed of Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyangthree towns. Wuchang mainly to the development of education and be known for"College City"、science and technology, Hankow is known as developed business, andHanyang is important industrial development zone. Many rivers and lakes in the city ofWuhan, where geographical position is superior and amphibious transportation isconvenient, are famous for "river city" and its "thorough fares of nine provinces".Peripheral Xianning, Jiayu, Hong’an, Ezhou, Honghu, Huangzhou, Xiaogan, Dawu,Daye, Xiantao, Hanchuan, Macheng and other12cities and counties bordering. Wuhanis shaped like a colorized butterfly from west to east. Such a geographical locationformed open, inclusive, facile and faddish city character. Wuhan people candid, openand bright, handout spirit and not affectation at all. That has made Wuhan dialectkinship appellation system presents the uniqueness and diversity of different frommodern Chinese mandarin.The authority of the Wuhan regional dialect is the dialect of the Hankow centralcity in the north of the Yangtze River, commonly known as “Han Qiang” This papermainly takes the research on dialects used in middle area of Hankow，and also drawsreference to the dialects used in rural areas near Hankow (Huangpi, Xinzhou)． First，it offers a comprehensive investigation and description of Wuhan dialects for kinship appellation system. The next, it has a detailed analysis on pronunciation andMorphology aspects, investigates the formation origin of this system. Aftersummarizing the characteristic, it explores the culture background. Finally, fromsynchronic and diachronic angles forecasts Wuhan kinship appellation system’sevolution toward.The kinship appellation is an important cultural inheritance. We can see itsimportance through anthropology, ethnology, sociology, linguistics, folklore andpsychology. Different dialects have different kinship appellation forms，reflecting theculture customs and social psychology in different dialect areas. Research of Wuhankinship appellation system is helpful to further deepen the understanding of social andcultural characteristics in this region. Wuhan dialect kinship appellation not only marksthe kinship, reflects the influence of traditional patriarchal clan to kinship appellation,but also records Wuhan customs directly. As the principal carrier of Wuhan culture,Wuhan dialect kinship appellation refracts the social change in Wuhan, reveals the vividexpression skills and the ability to create amazing words of the Wuhan people.