閩東周寧話的變韻及其性質

The Various Strata of Lax Finals of the Zhouning Dialect in Mindong and Their Evolution

本文分析周寧話的音系結構，指出其內部存在不同的變韻層次。在此基礎上，我們討論了變韻和聲調的關係，認為變韻和聲調的特徵沒有必然聯繫，而是一種純粹以聲調為條件的自然音變，正處於詞彙擴散的中間階段。

In this paper, we analyze the phonology of the Zhouning dialect. Firstly, we found that there are several strata of lax finals in this dialect as in the Fuzhou dialect. Then, based on our new findings, we discuss the relation between the lax finals and their tones. Our findings suggest that the lax finals and their tones are not related, but rather solely constitute a natural tonal variation.