江西吉安(新圩)方言的变音与变调

Inflexion and Tonal Modification in Xinxu Dialect in Ji'an City,Jiangxi Province

江西吉安(新圩)方言的单音名词、动词、形容词、副词、亲属称谓等都有变音现象,变音包括高平调[■]、高升调[■]两种。吉安(新圩)方言的变调不同于一般的连读变调,变调以尾字读高平调[■]或低短调[■]为前提。发生变调的字,无论作为前字或后字,其变调模式是一样的。阴平[■]变[■],阳平[■]变[■],上声[■]变[■],阳去[■]变[■]。

Inflexion, which lies in tones of high level [ ] 55 and high rising [ ] 35 in Xinxu dialect in Ji＇an city, Jiangxi province, involves monosyllable noun, verb, adjective, adverb and kinship terms. Different from normal tone sandhi, such tonal modification occurs only on the last syllable pronounced in tones of high level [ ] 55 or low short [ ] 1. The tonal modification, occurring as the preceding or following syllable alike, observes the same pattern： Yinping tone changes from [ ] 55 to [ ] 53, Yangping tone from [ ] 11 to [ ] 55, Shangsheng tone from []53 变 []35, and Yangqu tone from []13 to [ ]35.