同心村畲族语言语音研究 = A Phonology Research on She Language of Tongxin Village

Abstract

Introduction: A general introduction is made about the geographical environment,geographical distribution and historical evolution of the population, human races and ethnic minorities of the place in question, and amongst others, the object of study;a summative review of previous research results is made and the research methods,objectives and speakers of the corpus used in research in the present thesis are introduced. Phonetics: It describes the pronunciation,rhyme and tone system of Tongxin She Language and a careful comparative study is made against the pronunciation and rhyme in Mediaeval Times; It also organizes and sorts out the modern pronunciations of the ancient phonology words; Tonal modification caused by combination of words is elaborated and analyzed in detail; a homonyms table is composed. Language: The phonetic characteristics of Tongxin She Language are inducted; detailed comparative study is made between Tongxin She Language and MeiXian Hakka, Nankang Hakka and Jingning She Language respectively, in order to explore the similarities and differences between Tongxin She Language and Hakka as well as She Languages of other groups. Summary: A brief summary is made with regard to the nature of Tongxin She Language.