英文摘要 |
Based on the martials obtained from the actual fieldwork 2019, this paper discusses a late apical vowel in Huai'an dialect and the related phonological issues to this vowel. As far as the geographical classification of Chinese dialects is concerned, the Huai'an dialect belongs to the Jianghuai Dialect Hongchao subgroup. One of the main features of the Hongchao subgroup on the initials is that there is no series of retroflex initials, i.e. /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/, and only the blade-alveolars initials such as /ts, tsh, s/. In other words, there is no opposition between /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/ and /ts, tsh, s/ in the initials of Hongchao subgroup. Therefore, the two words 資'zi' tsɿ1 and 支'zhi' tʂʅ1 in normal northern Mandarin are read as tsɿ1 in Yangzhou dialect of Jianghuai dialect. Recently, however, we conducted a field survey of Huai'an dialect, and unexpectedly found that there is a set of independent retroflex initials /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/ in the Yugou Town dialect of Huai'an City, and the origin of those initials in Yugou dialect is due to the apicalization of vowel /i/. This paper describes the modern forms of Yugou dialect /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/ from a synchronic perspective, and explores the unique phonological innovation experienced by Yugou dialect from the perspective of the proto Huai'an dialect. In addition, this paper also gives a comparison between Yugou and Nanjing dialects and claims that the essential difference between Yugou dialect and Nanjing dialect /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/ initials. From the viewpoint of historical phonological change, the origin of retroflex /tʂ, tʂh, ʂ/ in Yugou is secondary but it is primary in Nanjing relatively. |