| This thesis describes and discusses some characters about a Wu dialect - the Wuxi dialect, Jiangsu province. It is formed of three chapters. In the first chapter the phonetic system and some phonological characters of the Wuxi dialect are described from synchronic and diachronic angles and the features of tone sandhi of the Wuxi dialect are analyzed, including the relation of the forms of tone sandhi and grammar structures. The second chapter includes a list of homophones and a glossary of free (unbound) monosyllabic words. In the third chapter we discussed the Wuxi grammar, in which chapter mainly the usage of numerals, measure words, pronouns, and the aspects of verbs are analyzed. |
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