A Phonetic Study Of Sichuan Zi Zhong Dialect

Zizhong County is located in the northwest of Neijiang City,Sichuan Province.According to the "Chinese Language Atlas",Zizhong dialect belongs to the Chengdu-Chongqing piece of Southwest Mandarin.This paper takes the pronunciation of Zizhong dialect in Sichuan as the research object,and through field investigation,comprehensively describes the phonetic aspect of Zizhong dialect,summarizes the phonological characteristics of Zizhong dialect,and sorts out the tonal combination table and homophone vocabulary of Zizhong dialect.The longitudinal and diachronic comparison of Zizhong dialect and Middle Ancient dialect reveals the development and evolution of Zizhong dialect;compares Zizhong dialect with Putonghua,and examines the phonetic similarities and differences between Zizhong dialect and Putonghua;compares Zizhong dialect with other Southwest Mandarin dialects A horizontal synchronic comparison of phonetics is carried out to present the common features and differences in the internal phonetics of Southwest Mandarin,and try to analyze the reasons for the differences.The full text is divided into eight chapters:The first chapter is the introduction.This chapter mainly introduces the general situation of Zizhong County,including the geographical situation,population,historical evolution,the research status of Zizhong dialect,the research purpose and significance of this paper,the research object,research method and use of symbols,corpus source,pronunciation of collaborators.The basic situation is briefly introduced.The second chapter,Zizhong dialect voice system.This chapter describes the basic appearance of Zizhong dialect in detail,including the initial system,final system,and tone system of Zizhong dialect,and summarizes the phonological characteristics and the matching rules of tones in Zizhong dialect.The third chapter is the tone change of Zizhong dialect.This chapter mainly explores the tone-shifting phenomenon of the Zizhong dialect,including the tone-shifting of the non-overlapping two-character groups and the tone-changing of the overlapping two-character groups,and summarizes the rules of the two types of tone-shifting.The fourth chapter,the comparison of Zizhong dialect pronunciation and medieval pronunciation.This chapter makes a diachronic comparison of Zizhong dialect phonetics and medieval phonetics.By comparing the initials,finals,and tonal systems of the two,it reveals the development and evolution of Zizhong dialects from ancient times to the present.The fifth chapter,the comparison between Zizhong dialect and Mandarin.This chapter compares the pronunciation of Zizhong and Putonghua,and reveals the similarities and differences between the pronunciation of Zizhong and Putonghua by comparing the initial system,final system and tone system of the two.The sixth chapter,the comparison of Zizhong dialect and other Southwest Mandarin voices.This chapter makes a synchronic comparison between Zizhong dialect and Chengdu dialect,Chongqing dialect,Hanzhong dialect,Wuhan dialect,Changde dialect,Ganzhou dialect,Guiyang dialect,Kunming dialect and Guilin dialect,and analyzes Zizhong dialect and other Southwest Mandarin dialects.The similarities and differences of dialect pronunciation reveal the consistency and difference of the internal pronunciation of Southwest Mandarin.The seventh chapter is the analysis of the differences between Zizhong dialect and other Southwest Mandarin dialects.Based on the phonetic differences between Zizhong and other Southwest Mandarin,this chapter analyzes the reasons for the differences from three aspects:initials,finals,and tones.Chapter eight,conclusion.This chapter mainly gives a brief overview of the whole article.Appendix Zizhong Dialect Homophone Glossary.