Phonetic Study Of Neiqiu Dialect

Neiqiu County lies in the southwest of Hebei Province.Neiqiu dialect belongs to Jilu mandarin of North China mandarin. There are many articles on Jilu mandarin,but most of them are not related to Neiqiu dialect. Neiqiu dialect has some characters of its own,as well as shares some characters in common with Jilu mandarin.We can understand Jilu mandarin much deeper by researching Neiqiu dialect. This thesis researches the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect,basing on a comprehensive and thorough investigation.This thesis use descriptive linguistics methods to describe the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect.lt also compare the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect with that of Ancient Chinese and Mandarin.The thesis is composed by seven parts.The1st part is introduction of Neiqiu County and Neiqiu dialect.The2nd part describes phenomena of the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect, which includes23initials(including zero initial),36fmals,4tones.The3rd part is a collection of homophones in Neiqiu dialect.The4th part describes tone sandhi and r-ending retroflexion.The5th part is the comparison of the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect with that of Ancient Chinese.The6th part is the comparison of the phonological system of Neiqiu dialect with that of Mandarin.The7th part is the conclusion.