The Comparative Study Of Xiangfen Dialect Phonetics

Xiangfen is located in the southwest of Shanxi province, due tothe Fen River passing through the whole country, Xiangfen formeddifferent dialects area of the east and west. Xiangling is situated atthe north of Xiangfen, while Fencheng lied to the south of that. Thetwo lands are completely under different regulation such a longtime, thus forming two dialects’ subarea classification of south andnorth. As Gucheng area lies between Xiangling and Fencheng, thelinguistic of this area shows features of transition which wasinfluenced by the two lands. Therefore, Xiangfen dialect is actuallymade up of five dialect area which conclude Hexi dialect ofXiangling, Hedong dialect of Xiangling, Hexi dialect of Fencheng,Hedong dialect of Fencheng, and dialect of Gucheng.In terms of initials, the article describes from the perspective ofthe ancient tone, relying on the group initials of bang, fei and duan,the group initials of jing and jian, and the group initials of zhi,zhuang and zhang to represent the division and combination ofinitials within five dialects area in Xiangfen, coming to theconclusion that when voiced syllable initials devoice,whether thelevel tones and oblique tones aspirate, the literal and colloquialreading systems situation before Xi tone within jian, xi and qun group. Whether the zhi, zhuang and zhang group integrate into Honginitials of Jing group. And whether there has Phonetic differences inpf initials.In the field of finals, the article will describe the division andcombination of finals within five dialects area in Xiangfen from yinrhythm,yang rhythm and ru rhythm. The differences of yin rhythmare embodied in opening and closing conditions of first deng of guogroup.The differences of yang rhythm can be separate into threeparts, firstly, the type of the colloquial reading of the non-checkedrhymes of geng group, and whether the open-mouth rhyme ofsecond deng of geng group collaborate with third and forth deng.Secondly, whether the collaboration happen between dang, jiang,zeng, geng and tong group. Thirdly, whether the non-checkedrhymes of xian, shan, shen and zhen group become be nasalized ornot.Regard of the tone, the main difference of five districts iswhether qu-tone is devided into yin and yang and what kind of tonedoes ru-tone belongs to?At last, it studies the difference and the same of the Xiangfendialect from the historical study of the voice, the condition of thenatural geography and the partition of administrative region.Compare the same of these five districts with the northwestChinese dialect in Song dynasty. And explore their source. Besides,look for the historical reasons of the five districts’ voice situation ofXiangfen dialect. And it explains the uses of the Fen River to thevoice’ difference of the north and south, west and east. What’s more,in terms of historical factor of administrative division, analysis the difference of the north and south dialect in Xiangfen as the result ofthe different rule of Xiangling and Fencheng.