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Comparison and Study of Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District Dialects Pronunciation

Author: ChenNa
Tutor: WuJiZhang
School: Hebei Normal
Course: Chinese Philology
Keywords: Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District Dialect pronunciation Description and analysis Comparison
CLC: H172
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

Langfang-Beijing Mandarin district is located in the transitional area between Beijing and Jilu Mandarin,showing a lot of aspects of "transitional" characteristics,especially the voice,which has some differences from the Madarin and the dialects.Although the differences are subtle,it can reflect the development and changes of the language.It is worth to have an in-depth study.The object in this thesis is the prunouciation of dialect used in Langfang-Beijing Mandarin district.Based on field research of a large number of verbal materials,the author seeks to analyse the dialect in these aspects:the phonological system, literary-vernacular variant reading,etc.with a focus on comparative research.The main thesis has five parts:The first part is an overview.Firstly,it introduces the Langfang area profiles,including the geographical situation and historical evolution of the situation;followed by the introduction of Langfang-Beijing Mandarin dialect research,including the existing research results,research focus as well as the problem of existence.Finally it introduces the information of the survey field and the pronunciation collaborators.The second part introduces the basic condition of pronounciation,as well as the comparison with the Mandarin.This part focuses on the differences from the Mandarin;it makes the description and comparison for each dialect phonology.The comparison is divided into consonant comparison,the vowels comparison,the tone comparison.Each section has the same structure:first taking today’s prunouciation as reference it lists all characters which have pronounciation differences between Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District dialect and Mandarin even if the character appears only in one case;then it lists in tabular form the specific characters with differences existing;Finally based on the ancient word status,analysis the ancient and modern contract embodied in part of the difference. Through the detailed description and intuitive forms listed,we found that Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District dialect and Mandarin areas are different.Whether the dialect differences are large or small,there is not a dialect entirely consistent with the Mandarin.The third part is the analysis of part language phenomenon and comparison with neighboring dialects.This part focuses on the differences with neighboring dialects.It discusses three language phenomena in three sections.Section one focuses on the ancient consonants YingMu and YiMu with 1-2 words opening which are not read as the consonant "n".By analyzing their pronunciation,this type is classified as Miyun type;being compared with the situation in Zhuozhou and Wen’an.Section two analysises the "(?),(?)"group,and focuses on the investigation of "(?),(?) "group in Donggugang.By analyzing their pronunciations,we classified it into inverse styles as "Zhi-er Zhuang"(知二庄) and "Zhi-san Zhang"(知三章),inverse styles being compared with the situations in wen’an,Tianjin,Changli. Section three is the analysis on the literary-vernacular variant readings phenomenon,its key point is the study of the vowels and their features,with the actual use of every word, including the comparison with the Wen’an.The fourth part is the analysis of the factors that influence the evolution of dialects and the dialect internal comparisons.This part focuses on the inner differences in dialects. Through the comparision of three language phenomena,it discusses the geographic location, age level,the feelings of the individual languages and many other factors affect the dialect changes.Section one is the comparison of six dialects district,showing that the nearer the location is to Beijing,the smaller the difference between Mandarin.In section two,different age groups are compared,indicating that the language of younger generation is closer to Mandarin.Section three discusses the influence of personal language feelings on the dialect, to clarify that the objective and subjective factors promote the Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District dialect to develop towards Mandarin.The fifth part discusses the zoning of dialects in this region.This part is divided into three sections.Section one lists the existing discussions on dialect zoning,explaining that differences exist,and summes up two standards to clarrify Beijing Mandarin area.Section two studies the situation in Anci,Gu’an from the aspects of tune type,tune pitch and paleo-voiceless entering the word,with comparison between neighboring dialects districts; Section three puts forward views on zoning about Gu’an and Anci dialect.The conclusion mainly reveals the the research value of this thesis,pointing out that currently some unresolved problems and proposing a goal of future research.This thesis adopts a combined method of description and comparison,giving a detailed description of Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District dialect,analysing the pronunciation phenomena,revealing pronunciation differences existing between mandarin and neighboring dialects as well as the differences within dialects.This essay offers its own view on the disagreement of zoning the dialects,hoping to enrich the Langfang data for studing Langfang-Beijing Mandarin District dialect in order to attract more attentions from scholars to Langfang-Beijing Mandarin dialects,thereby contributing to the whole studies of Langfang and Hebei dialect.

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