A Geolinguistic Study Of The Entering Tone In The Middle And Lower Reaches Of The Minjiang River In Sichuan

The Entering Tone is the main standard of Southwestern Mandarin,and it has important research value.In the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River in Sichuan,there are Chengdu-Chongqing slices(成渝片),Renfu slices(仁富小片)and Minjiang slices(岷江小片)in southwestern Mandarin,next to the Yamian piece(雅棉小片).The language environment is complex,and there are various types of the Entering Tone.Therefore,starting from the two aspects of the tones and the finals of the entering characters,this paper uses the method of geolinguistics to describe and analyze the entering tones in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River in Sichuan,and strives to show the geographical distribution characteristics of the Entering Tone.The geographical distribution characteristics of the Entering Tone in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River in Sichuan are as follows:The Entering Tone independent area and no the Entering Tone area form east-west opposition.In the no-Entering-Tone area,the tones of the entering characters is different.Located in the northeastern part of the Chengyu film(成渝片),the Entering Tone returns to Yangping(阳平).And the Entering Tone returns to Qusheng(去声)in the Middle East and Southeast Renfu small piece(仁富小片).There is a difference inside the Entering Tone Independence Zone.The flat-tone Entering Tone has a wide distribution range and runs through the entire watershed.The falling tone and rising tone are concentrated in the northwest of the Minjiang River Basin and the Meishan(眉山)area in the central and western regions,respectively.The former is adjacent to the Chengyu film(成渝片),and the latter is adjacent to the Renfu small piece(仁富小片).Into the independent area of the the Entering Tone,the speed at which Entering Tone becomes non-Entering Tone is different.The Meishan(眉山)area in the Midwest is relatively stable,and the proportion which Entering Tone becomes non-Entering Tone is less than 5%.The geographical distribution characteristics of the finals of the entering characters in the middle and lower reaches of the Minjiang River in Sichuan are as follows:The pronunciation of some rhymes in this basin is basically the same.There is no opposition between the Entering Tone zone and the no-Entering Tone zone.The pronunciation of the rhymes of most dialects in the independent area of the Entering Tone shows the phenomenon of transitioning to the area without Entering Tone.The most obvious areas are Pengzhou-Pixian(彭州—郫县),Meishan-Ebian(眉山—峨边).The northern Minjiang west bank of the Dujiangyan Hexi-Chongzhou(都江堰河西—崇州)area and the southern Leshan-Qianwei(乐山—犍为)area are relatively conservative,and there is no obvious transition phenomenon.The central and western regions of Meishan(眉山)show particularity in some rhymes.There is a point pronunciation type(u)ai different from other dialects.