西夏定州俗称“田州”考

A study on Dingzhou 定州 known as Tianzhou 田州in Song-Tangut period

"田州"是宁夏北部西夏故城定州的俗称,因田州塔的存在而流传至今。本文考察发现,"定"、"田"二字在宋夏时期的当地汉语方言中声母相同、韵母微殊、音感相谐,其音值可构拟为:定[*t^hie]、田[*t^hie]。"田(州)"是"定(州)"的谐音异文形式,二者的谐音关系反映了宋西北方音全浊清化送气、鼻音韵尾消失、梗摄和山摄细音相近等音系特征,可以为宋西北方音的研究提供新的证据。

period which is attested by the existence of Tianzhou Tower. This paper demonstrates that in Song-Tangut period, the Chinese syllables representing the characters ding 定州 and tian [] had the same initial, similar finals and harmonious pitch in the local Chinese dialect which can be reconstructed as [ ＊ thie] and [ ＊ thi.. ] respectively. The fact that tian was actually the homophonic character of ding indicates some phonological features which are new evidences in the studies of the Northwest Sinitic dialects in Song Dynasty, such as the evolution of the voiced obstruent initials to voiceless aspirate ones, the drop of nasal endings, and the similarity of characters of Level 3 and 4 of geng ~. and shan 111 rhymes.