From the perspective of phonetic characteristics,there are still obvious differences between Beijing dia-lect and Mandarin in terms of phonological system;From the perspective of users,Beijing dialect is mainly composed of Beijingers and government officials,while Mandarin is mainly composed of educated people;From the perspective of use area,Beijing dialect is relatively limited,mainly in Beijing,and it has spread to government agencies with limited number of officials assigned to other places,while Mandarin is widely distributed in the north and south of the Yangtze River.During this period,a large number of documents written by Western scholars which focused on learning Beijing dialect appeared more in response to the increasingly close relationship between foreign countries and Beijing,rather than the fact that Beijing dialect replaced Mandarin as the symbol of common language.However,it should also be noted that Beijing dialect has gained a high reputation in the middle and late Qing Dynasty,which also foreshadowed the status of national language during the Republic of China.
关键词
泰西文献/通语/北京话/官话/语音系统
Key words
general language/Beijing dialect/Mandarin/modern phonetics