| 英文摘要 |
This paper aims to investigate the etymologies (本字) of several unsettled words in the Lianshui dialect, a variety of Jianghuai Mandarin (Hongchao sub-branch), using the comparative methods of historical linguistics. This study is based on the perspective of word families, drawing on Zhu Junsheng's Shuowen Tongxun Dingsheng (1833) to identify a shared etymon for words within the same family. The research methodology focuses on comparative analysis between the dialect and historical documents, as well as between different dialects. The core of the argument is based on the principle of ''regular correspondence'' in phonology, specifically in initials, finals, and tones. The Lianshui dialect words examined in this paper are as follows: piɔ5, meaning ''to entangle, to stick''; phiɔ1, meaning ''frivolous''; nɔ3, meaning ''to fall out with someone''; suɑʔ7, meaning ''to suck''; nɑʔ7, meaning ''basket''; səu3, meaning ''to knead dough''. The paper concludes that through rigorous argumentation from the three aspects of phonology, morphology, and semantics, the etymologies for the six Lianshui dialect words are ''鰾,'' ''僄,'' ''㛴,'' ''欶,'' ''笿,'' and ''𣸈,'' respectively. |