The Evolution of the Changzhou Dialect in 140 Years:Proofs from The Phonetic Transliteration in the Late-Qing Novel The Biography of the Heroic Youth
This paper analyses the phonetic transliteration of the Changzhou dialect using the Beijing dialect as found in the late-Qi ng novel The Biography of the Heroic Youth.The result is then compared with the synchronic material collected from 93 localities in the Changzhou dialect area to reconstruct the Changzhou dialect 140 years ago.The reconstructed Old Changzhou dialect is then compared with the Changzhou dialect as recorded by Chao Yuan-ren in 1928 to investigate the many phonological changed occurred during the 50-year-period from 1878 to 1928 with expla-nation given.Through this particular study we illustrate the importance of dialectal material in the novels of Ming and Qing dynasties to researching dialects.Meanwhile,we also stress that the combination of textual analysis and synchronic materials from dialect geography will be of great significance in the study of areal changes among dialects.
Changzhou dialectThe Biography of the Heroic Youthreconstructiondialect ge-ographyhistorical phonology
万方数据
维普
