Luoyang Dialect Dictionary

Author: Li Rong (Editor-in-Chief) / He Wei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 1996-12-01
Features: The dialect survey records the current state of the language, while dialect comparison reflects the historical evolution of the language. The dialect dictionary uses a list format to express preliminary research findings. Readers can use it to look up 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. In recent years, research on Chinese dialects has made progress. Under this background, we plan to compile a comprehensive modern Chinese dialect dictionary based on field surveys. 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 surveys. The survey begins by identifying 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 and explain the differences between the phonetic systems of the former. There are two requirements for the local dialect dictionaries: one is to prepare for the 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 body is the dictionary entries, preceded by an introduction and followed by a category index and a index of entry first characters. 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; the 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 the phonetic table of syllables in the local dialect. The main body of the dictionary is arranged according to the phonetic order of the local dialect, with the tones, initials, and finals of the local dialect as the sequence. For convenience of reference, there are two indexes after the main body.