英文摘要 |
The paper, based on the analysis of vowel-raising of Jin Dialects belonging to the isolating mode, holds that two types of vowel-raising exist in Jin Dialect, which are unilateral vowel-raising and bilateral vowel-raising. To be specific, the unilateral vowel-raising can be divided into front vowel-raising and back vowel-raising; and the bilateral vowel-raising consists of multiple vowel-raising and emphatic vowel-raising. As far as the geographic distribution is concerned, most of the dialects lying in Fenhe River Area belong to the unilateral back vowel-raising, which is identical to the Mandarin, while the rest in this area being of the front vowel-raising belongs to Jin Dialects. The most sub-dialects of the Jin Dialect belong to bilateral multiple vowel-raising, while the dialects of Fenxi, Xingxian and Wutai, which locate in the intersections of different dialects, belong to bilateral emphatic vowel-raising. Generally speaking, back vowel-raising is one of the features of Mandarin and the most of the dialects in northern China have this feature. Front vowel-raising in Jin Dialect is unique in the northern dialects. Although located in the mountainous area in northern China, the Jin Dialects possess some identical features with some southern dialects, which is open to exploration and discussion. The paper thinks the key factor is the reduction or even the loss of the nasal- ending merges with the yin rhyme category and the merging stimulates the basics of vowel-raising and makes the vowel-raising outstanding. As for the principles of vowel-raising in Jin Dialects, the palatalized vowels tend to be front raised while the non-palatalized vowels tend to back raised. On the other hand, the tongue position of the syllable ending plays a relatively more active role than the palatalized onset. |