Ningbo Dialect Dictionary: Modern Chinese Dialect Dictionary · Volume

Author: Li Rong
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Publish Date: 2003-03-02
Features: The dialect survey records the current state of the language, while the dialect comparison reflects the historical development of the language. The dialect dictionary uses a list format to present preliminary research findings. Readers can use it to examine the meanings of dialect words. Linguists can conduct specialized research based on it. Scholars in literature and history can also utilize the linguistic materials provided. Research on Chinese dialects has made progress in recent years. Against this backdrop, we plan to compile a comprehensive modern Chinese dialect dictionary primarily based on field investigations. This plan involves two steps. The first step is to investigate forty dialects and compile forty local dialect dictionaries. The second step is to supplement additional dialect materials based on the forty local dialect dictionaries and compile a comprehensive Chinese dialect dictionary. Both the local dialect dictionaries and the comprehensive Chinese dialect dictionary will be published by Jiangsu Education Press. The dialect dictionaries are based on field investigations. The first step of the investigation is to identify pronunciation collaborators. The selection of pronunciation collaborators includes the elderly and middle-aged, but does not exclude the young. Based on the former, the phonetic system is determined, and the linguistic materials are recorded. The latter is used to supplement vocabulary while explaining the differences in the phonetic system compared to the former. There are two requirements for the local dialect dictionaries: one is to prepare for the compilation of a classified dialect dictionary, and the other is to reflect the characteristics of the local dialect. The content of the local dialect dictionaries is divided into three parts: The main part is the dictionary proper, preceded by an introduction and followed by a category index and a stroke index of entries. The introduction includes the following eight items: the history, geography, and population of the local area; internal differences within the local dialect; the phonology, phonetics, and tones of the local dialect; a phonetic table of single-character words in the local dialect; the characteristics of the local dialect; the preface to the dictionary; annotations of common words in example sentences in the dictionary; and a phonetic table of syllables in the local dialect. The dictionary proper is arranged according to the pronunciation of the characters, in the order of the rhymes, initials, and tones of the local dialect. For convenience of reference, there are two indexes after the dictionary proper.