The Tonal Pronunciation and Evolution in Yancheng Area's Dialects
Yancheng area's dialects mostly have five tones,but there are six tones in Dafeng and Dongtai dialects.The tonal value of Yin-ping is falling tone.The tonal values of the Yangping,Shangsheng and Qusheng are the mid-rising tone,falling-rising tone and high-level tone in most dialects.However,there are differences in 21 dialect points centered on Yancheng downtown and Jianhu.The three tones are falling-rising tone,high-level tone and mid-rising tone,mismatching with surrounding dialects.This"mismatch"phenomenon is caused by the Qusheng change causing the push chain evolution.The tonal value of Rusheng is short-high tone.The dialect points that distinguish Yinru and Yangru are"Yinru is low and Yangru is high".This is a kind of later sound change.According to the research results,the modern tone values of Yancheng ar-ea's dialects can be predicted that Yinping[*31],Yangping[*24],Shangsheng[*213],Qusheng[*44]and Rusheng[*5].
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