Study On Phonology Of Kaozheng Tongyin Zihui

Kaozheng Tongyin Zihui is a book about the Hubei mandarin dialect rhymingdictionary which we can search in Hubei province, it records the phonetic systemfeatures of the Hubei mandarin dialect, and it provides valuable phonetic materialswhich reflect the Hubei mandarin dialect of the last phase of the Qing dynasty forModern Chinese phonetic history studies, the book completely sketches the contoursof phonetic structure of Hubei mandarin dialect regions, it is precious phoneticmaterial for the study of History of Chinese dialects. Kaozheng Tongyin Zihuiprovides a integrated historical phonetic system for History of Modern Chinesemandarin dialect studies, it has very important historical values in learning the historyof modern Chinese mandarin dialect studies, especially in reversing and reproducingphonetic features of Hubei mandarin dialect nearly a century and a half ago.The paper are trying to describe the phonological features of Hubei mandarindialect reflected by the book in terms of initials, finals, and tones using phonologicalopposition principle, and sum up the phonetic system, so that we can have furtherunderstanding of the evolution of Hubei mandarin dialect. This paper, from the angleof phonology, depicts pronunciation system and its feature of Hubei mandarin dialectso researchers can have more detailed understanding of Hubei mandarin dialect. ThisKaozheng Tongyin Zihui reflects the Hubei mandarin dialect has22initials,34finalsand6tones.