Experimental Study on Monogram Tone Pattern in Xining Dialect
Qinghai dialect contains rich language resources,and Xining dialect is constantly developing and changing due to its environment of multi-ethnic integration.Previous studies on Xining dialect have mostly started from the perspective of traditional phonetics.This study adopted relevant theories and methods of experimental phonetics to study the single character tone of Xining dialect,analyze the phonetic materials of two speakers in Chengdong district of Xining city,extract their fundamental frequencies and normalize them.Finally,the present study concluded that Xining dialect has two tone types and four tone categories.They are Yin Ping(44),Yang Ping(14),Shang Sheng(45),and Qu Sheng(24),with a trend of merging Yang Ping and Qu Sheng.The main purpose of this article was to objectively describe the actual situation of tones in Xining dialect,obtain the pattern of single character tones in Xining dialect,and reveal the changes and development of tones in Xining dialect.