安徽宣城(雁翅)方言两字组连读变调

Disyllabic Tone Sandhi of Yanchi Dialect in Xuancheng City,Anhui Province

安徽宣城(雁翅)方言单字调5个,两字组有25种组合。每种组合不止一种连调,其中8种不变调,45种变调,变调后合流成11种。大体上看,名词性结构和谓词性结构变调不同。去声、入声和上声(清上、次浊上和少数全浊上)今读不分阴阳,不论是单字调还是连调,都是靠声母来区别的。

There are 5 tone categories and 25disyllabic constructions in Yanchi dialect of Xuancheng city in south Anhui province. More than one tone sandhi occur in each construction, among which 8 patterns show no change of tones from their citation tones but 44 undergo disyllabic tone sandhi through which to combine into 10 patterns. Generally, the tone sandhi of noun phrases is different from that of verb phrase. The Yin-Yang distinction does not occur for the present tones of Qusheng, Rusheng and a fraction of Shangsheng, and the differentiation of these tones, whether mono-syllabic tone or disyllabic, are facilitated by their initials.