Muping Dialect Dictionary

Author: Li Rong
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Publish Date: 1997-12-01
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 express the preliminary results of the research. 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. In recent years, research on Chinese dialects has made progress. Under this background, we plan to compile a comprehensive modern Chinese dialect dictionary based primarily on field surveys. This plan involves two steps. Step one is to survey forty dialects and compile forty local dialect dictionaries. Step two 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 dictionary is based on dialect surveys. The survey begins by identifying pronunciation collaborators. The selection of collaborators includes the elderly and middle-aged, but does not exclude the young. Based on the former, the phonetic system is determined, and linguistic materials are recorded. The latter is used to supplement vocabulary while explaining differences in the phonetic system compared to the former. The survey forms include character tables and word tables. The former adopts the publicly published "Dialect Survey Character Table," while the latter is a newly compiled "Dialect Survey Word Table" specifically for this project. The single characters and words listed in these tables are as comprehensively recorded as possible for the dialect in question. This ensures that the linguistic materials from different regions can be compared for similarities and differences. These materials represent only the maximum common denominator for the local dictionaries. Local compilers have ample space to extensively collect the phonetic forms and vocabulary of their respective dialects. The requirements for the local dialect dictionaries are two: one is to prepare for the comprehensive dialect dictionary, and the other is to reflect the characteristics of the dialect. The content of the local dialect dictionaries is divided into three parts: The main body is the dictionary proper, preceded by an introduction and followed by a category index and a index of entry first characters.