Collections And Research Of Yongji Dialect In Leiyang City,Hunan Province

Yongji Town is located in northern part of Leiyang city in central Hunan Province.Yongji dialect belongs to Leizi sub-dialect of Gan dialect,which intersects with southwest mandarin area and Xiang dialect area.This paper takes the phonetics of Yongji dialect as the research object,combines with the audio data of Yongji dialect collected by multimedia technology,and uses the methods of field investigation,historical comparison and theoretical analysis to describe the phonetic system of Yongji dialect,make a summarization of the phonological features of Yongji dialect,make the homophony syllabary table of Yongji dialect,and analyze and study the characteristic phonetic phenomena in Yongji dialect.The article is divided into 9 parts.Chapter 1 expounds the content,significance,and methods of research;expounds the source of the corpus and the situation of the speakers;introduces Yongji’s geography condition,population profile,use of dialects,as well as the research status of Yongji dialects.Chapter 2 describes the phonological system of Yongji dialect with experiments,and draw a table of coordination relationship in this dialect.There are a total of 20 initials,34 finals and 5 tones in Yongji dialect.Chapter 3 introduces the method of collecting Yongji dialect,and shows the work of the collection.This chapter has collected more than 3600 characters and 9 ancient poetry.Chapter 4 summarizes the homophony syllabary table of Yongji dialect.Chapter 5 discusses the phenomenon of different pronunciation in literary reading and daily talking in Yongji dialect from three aspects:tone,initials and finals,and analyzes the historical strata from it.It is concluded that part of the ancient voiced initials pronounced as plosives or affricates have colloquial readings which are aspirated voiceless initials and literary readings which are unaspirated voiceless initials;Geng-She(梗摄),Shan-She(山摄),Xie-She(蟹摄)and Zhi-She(止摄)have many literacy and colloquial readings.Chapter 6 summarizes the two distinctive phonetic phenomena found in the investigation,namely,the affrication of the tongue plosive and the apicalization of high vowels in the front of the tongue.The apicalization may be the result of the penetration of Southwest Mandarin.The reason for the affrication of the plosive is considered to be the inverse assimilation effect of the medial[-i-]after the stop.Chapter 7 makes a diachronic comparison between the Yongji dialect and the mid-ancient sounds from the three aspects of tones,initials and vowels,and draws out the phonological characteristics of Yongji dialect.The main phonological characteristics of the Yongji dialect include the ancient fully voiced initials when they are pronounced with plosives and affricates,they basically merge with the asperational voiceless initials;the initial groups of Duan-Mu(端母)and Jian-Zu(见组)are merging before Hong(洪)sounds;the ancient group of Ni-Mu(泥母)and Lai-Mu(来母)basically merge;almost all of the end of the yang sound rhyme fall off,nasalized vowels formed;Guo-She(果摄)basically pronounces o;Xian-She(咸摄)and Shan-She(山摄)vowels basically merge;the Rusheng remains,and some enter Yinping.Chapter 8 compares the Yongji dialect and the Yucyang urban dialect in Hunan province,which belong to the Gan dialect area but belong to different pieces,from three aspects:tones,initials,and finals.And analyze the reasons for the formation of similarity between the two places.They all have the characteristics that the ancient voiced initials in the Gan dialect area now become aspirated when they are plosives and affricates.Influenced by factors such as immigration,language contact,and its own evolution,Yongji dialect and Yueyang urban dialects all carry some features of Xiang dialect,Southwestern Mandarin,and Mandarin.The conclusion part of Chapter 9 makes a summary of the article,and elaborates on the innovations,deficiencies and problems that need to be further studied.