A Comparative Study Of Literal And Colloquial Readings In Lianhua Dialect,Jiangxi Procince

Lianhua County is located in the west of Jiangxi Province,under the jurisdiction of Pingxiang City,Jiangxi Province.According to the atlas of Chinese Language(2nd Edition),Lianhua dialect belongs to Jicha section of Gan language.There have always been many single point phonetic studies of Lianhua dialect,and the depth of township dialects,especially Longxi and Shangxi,is relatively small.At the same time,the literary and colloquial readings of Lianhua dialect is relatively rich,and the previous research results are less systematically involved.Therefore,this paper focuses on the comparative study of literary and colloquial readings at the township level.On the basis of field investigation,this article uses research methods such as literature review,description,and comparison to conduct a synchronic and diachronic comparative study on the pronunciation of Lianhua dialect.Firstly,this article describes the phonological and tonal systems of five dialect points in Lianhua County,including Xiafang Village,Hetang Township,Sanbanqiao Township,Fanglou Town,and Lukou Town(three dialect points in Longxi District and two dialect points in Shangxi District),and compares the phonetics of these five dialect points with the Middle Ancient phonetics,introduces the current pronunciation of the Middle Ancient Chinese tones in these five dialect points of Lianhua County,revealing the development and evolution of the phonological and tonal sounds in Lianhua dialect.Secondly,by analyzing and comparing the literary and colloquial readings phenomenon of point tones in five dialects of Lianhua County,the historical level of literary and colloquial readings in Lianhua dialect is revealed.The literary and colloquial readings of the initial of Lianhua dialect mainly focuses on the ancient voiced initial,and the initial of the Bing Cong Xie Chuan Shan Xia,the ancient Fei group,the ancient Tou Ding initial,the ancient Zhi(three division)Zhang group,the ancient Ri initial and the ancient Jian group;The literary and colloquial readings of the finals in Lianhua dialect focuses on Guo group,Yu group,Xie group,Zhi group,Xiao group and Geng group;The literary and colloquial readings of the tones in Lianhua dialect focuses on ancient falling-rising tone.The literary and colloquial levels of Lianhua dialect are clear and relatively rich.The colloquial reading layer can be divided into three levels:Colloquial Reading 1:the earliest level of Lianhua dialect,mainly the remains of ancient sounds.Colloquial Reading 2:the second earliest level of Lianhua dialect is mainly the Middle Ages.Colloquial Reading 3:the later level of the Lianhua dialect,mainly a later level of phonetic evolution in the Lianhua dialect.The literary reading level can be divided into two levels:Literal Reading 1:the hierarchy formed by the influence of early Mandarin dialects.Literal Reading 2:the hierarchy formed by the influence of the common language in recent times(mainly since the 20 th century).The colloquial readings layer is the internal level of the Lianhua dialect,while the literal reading layer is the external level.Finally,this paper compares literary and colloquial readings with other Jicha dialects,Hakka and Wu dialects,analyzes and summarizes the characteristics of literary and colloquial readings,and discusses the causes of literary and colloquial readings from the perspectives of immigration,administrative division,self innovation,and the influence of Mandarin.