A Study On The Pronunciation Of Duchess' S "Mandarin Class"

Calvin Wilson Mateer who was one of the famous missionaries of AmericanPrebyterians in China devoted his whole life to the church education.The TengchowCollege established by him was a successful model for the chuich university inmodern China and have a significant impact on education modernization in China.Thetextbook A Course of Mandarin Lessons Based on Idiom,aimed at the Mandarinlearning of the Western was the best choice for the missionaries,however,theMandarin reflected in the textbook provided valuable historical materials for theresearch on the history of Chinese.This paper takes phonetic records as the object ofinvestigation.describing Peking,Nanking,Tengchow,Weihien,Kiuking,Chungking，toinvestigate thoroughly the phonetic characteristics of the North Mandarin and theSouth Mandarin.in the end of the nineteenth century.The introduction is an overview of the research, object,the main significance andthe research methods,emphasizing the Linguistics research value of this textbook withthe Synchronic and diachronic study methods.The first chapter discusses the life of Calvin Wilson Mateer,emphasizingthe establishment of the Tengchow College and publishing activities with the detailsof the background,the edition and book style.The reference values of this textbook oncompilation are focused.The second chapter discusses the cognition of Mateer to the currentRomanization with a few changes of Wade System and the System in CIA..The soundsystem of the textbook is described in detail.The third chapter aims at the initials system of the six root dialects withthe the Synchronic and diachronic study methods,studying the the character of thephonetic system of the initials with the Medieval allophones in the end of thenineteenth century.The fourth chapter aims at the finals system of the six root dialects withthe the Synchronic and diachronic study methods,studying the the character of thephonetic system of the finals with the Medieval allophones in the end of thenineteenth century.The fifth chapter aims at the tone system of the six root dialects with thethe Synchronic and diachronic study methods,studying the the character of thephonetic system of the tone distribution with the Medieval allophones in the end of thenineteenth century.The conclusion is an overview of above chapters.With the research of thephonetic study, Romaji materials by the missionaries should be focused and can notbe ignored to the Chinese research. rather than the hystorical study and theeducational study.,...