The Research On The Phonology Of Shanxi Houma Dialect

Houma,known as "Xintian" in ancient times,is located in the southwest of Shanxi Province.It is a county-level city managed by Linfen City,Shanxi Province.Houma dialect belongs to the Jiangzhou small cluster of Fenhe cluster of Zhongyuan Guanhua.According to the local people’s sense of language,its interior can be divided into Xintian small cluster,Gaocun small cluster and Fengcheng small cluster.This article takes Dongzhuang Village of Xintian Township as the survey object.Its dialect belongs to the Xintian small cluster.This article refers to the dialect represented by Dongzhuang Village as Houma dialect.This article mainly consists of the following seven parts:Ⅰ.Introduction.Describes the basic situation of Houma City,including the geographical population and historical evolution;the current research situation of Houma dialect;the meaning and research methods of the topic,and the source of the materials;the phonetic symbols of this article.Ⅱ.The phonetic system of Houma dialect.Describes the tone system of Houma dialect,summarizes the law of tone sandhi,and lists several situations of Erhuayun.Ⅲ.Coordination relationship of consonants,rhymes and tones in Houma dialect.Summarizes the coordination relationship of the consonants,rhymes,and tones of Houma dialect,and attaches a table of consonants,rhymes,and tones,which clearly reflects the law of combining consonants,rhymes,and tones in Houma dialec.Ⅳ.Correspondence between Houma dialect and Mandarin.Describes the corresponding relations between the initials,finals,tones of Houma dialect and Mandarin,and summarizes their corresponding laws.Ⅴ.The comparison between Houma dialect and ancient phonology.Compares the relationship between the phonetic sounds of Houma dialect and the ancient sounds,and explores the ancient and modern evolution of the phonetics of Houma dialect.Ⅵ.The literary and colloquial pronunciation of Houma dialect.Summarizes the main types of Houma dialect’s literary and colloquial pronunciation,and its relationship with the ancient pronunciation,and further explores the phonetic characteristics of Houma dialect;Ⅶ.List of homophones.Organizes the homophone list of Houma dialect.