Characteristics And Evolution Of Rhotacized-Finals Of Quyang Dialect In Hebei Province

The dialect of Quyang belongs to the Baotang subdialect of Ji-Lu mandarin dialect,which has 38 finals.Different finals have different stages of rhotacized process（Er-Hua）,such as independent er-ending pronunciation,long-syllable pronunciation and rhotacized-final pronunciation.Among them,24 finals such as i-ending finals,n-ending finals and non-coda finals,can be rhotacized when linking with "儿",12 finals such as η-ending finals,u-ending finals can not be rhotacized when linking with "儿",only the independent er-ending pronunciation exists.This situation is representative in Baotang subdialect,which is of great value to the study of the Baotang subdialect’s rhotacized evolution.Using the method of acoustic experiment,this paper analyzes the phonetic types of rhotacized-finals.And Using statistical data to analyze the phonetic characteristics of the er-ending pronunciation.It also compares the rhotacized-finals of Beijing dialect and its surrounding dialects,and discusses the evolution law in rhotacized process of Quyang dialect.The results of the experiment showed that from the perspective of sound quality types,Quyang dialect has eight rhotacized-finals in two categories,namely（?）r,i（?）r,u（?）r,y（?）r,（?）r,i（?）r,u（?）r,y（?）r.Compared with Beijing dialect,the rhotacized-finals of Quyang dialect has a higher degree of merger.And the sound quality of the "（?）r" and "（?）r" kinds of rhotacized-finals tend to be assimilated.From the point of rhotacized models,all the rhotacized-finals of Quyang dialect are the pieced model of which finals are rhotacized garadually.The degree of integration of non-interconsonant rhotacized-finals is higher than that of the interconsonant rhotacized-finals.Compared with Beijing dialect,the rhotacized-finals of Quyang dialect has not yet developed to the mixed model,rhotacized fully from the beginning.This suggests that Quyang dialect is in the early stage of rhotacized process.However,the integration’s degree of the pieced rhotacized-finals is higher than that in Beijing dialect,and the degree of integration of these pieced rhotacized-finals have also become higher in the past thirty years,which is the result of the further reverse assimilation of the tongue rolls of "儿".From the er-ending pronunciation,when η-ending finals and u-ending finals are linked with " 儿 ",there is a trend of change from er-ending pronunciation to long-syllable pronunciation.This change is carried out by the way of vocabulary diffusion,but rhotacized-finals has not yet developed.