Research on Lianzhou Dialect

Author: Zhang Shuangqing
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is the second volume in the "Yuebei Dialect Research Series" and investigates the Lianzhou Dialect, a Chinese dialect with an uncertain classification, located at the border of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hunan provinces. The book first provides a concise introduction to the sociolinguistic history and synchronic characteristics of various dialects, followed by a comprehensive comparative analysis. It then lists survey materials from five dialect points in towns such as Xingzi, Baoguan, Lianzhou, Xixiang, and Fengyang, arranged in a comparative table format in the order of phonetic forms (2,361 entries), vocabulary (1,980 entries), and grammatical examples (51 entries). This book comprehensively and deeply describes the linguistic features and characteristics of five dialect points within Lianzhou from the perspectives of phonetics, vocabulary, and grammar, holding academic value in filling research gaps. The book consists of eight chapters, including: Introduction; The Phonological System of Lianzhou Dialect; Phonological Features of Lianzhou Dialect; Comparison of Lianzhou Dialect Phonology with Middle Chinese Phonology; Lexical Features of Lianzhou Dialect; Grammatical Features of Lianzhou Dialect; Phonetic Comparison Table; Lexical and Grammatical Example Comparison Table.