The Phonetic Study On Putian Daitou Dialect

Puxian dialect is mainly prevailing in Putian,Fujian Province.Due to Putian was called as Xinghua county in the Song Dynasty,Puxian dialect is also known as Xinghua dialect.As one of the Min five dialects,Puxian dialect occupies an important position in the study of Min dialects and gradually attented by linguists for its unique linguistic value.This paper selects Daitou dialect as the research object.Based on previous studies and combined the related theories of dialectology,the paper attempts to make a comprehensive and deep excavation on Puxian dialect.There are five chapters.The first chapter is an introduction to the relevant background knowledge.The second chapter introduces the phonological system of Daitou dialect in details.Through the two-words vocabulary,it reveals the rules of disyllabic tone.classification of the initials and colloquial and liberary polyphonetic readings,sums up the phonology tables and syllabary homophones of Daitou dialect.The third chapter makes a historical phonological comparison on Daitou dialect.It introduces the phonological structure of Daitou dialect.At the same time,there are phonological comparisons between Daitou dialect and Putian-city dialect which was recorded a hundred years ago,the subtle changes in the phonetic aspects are observed.The fourth chapter is about the study of the internal phonetic differences in the Puxian dialect.The synchronic comparison of the phonetic differences between Daitou dialect and the other eight towns of Putian is made in details.We analyze consistency and differences of Puxian interior dialects,and further explore the reasons for the formation of internal phonetic differences.Finally,the paper demonstrates the character of the Puxian dialect,which is a branch of the early Min-nan dialect and has been developed as a transitional hybrid-dialect.This paper describes the phonological system and phonological features of Daitou dialect from the synchronic and diachronic perspectives,explains some special phonetic phenomena in the Daitou dialect,and obtains a large number of dialect corpus to observe the internal phonetic differences in Puxian dialects.Moreover,in order to have a clearer understanding of the character of the Puxian dialect from the inside to outside,there are phonological comparisions on Puxian dialects and Mindong dialects and Minnan dialects.