从《英汉汕头方言口语词典》看潮汕方言“三个去声”现象

On the Three Qusheng Tones of Chaoshan Dialect in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow

本文对1883年传教士编撰的《英汉汕头方言口语词典》进行全面考察,从三万多个词条中梳理出3544个韵字作为研究对象,重点分析这本词典所反映的潮汕方言"一个上声,三个去声"的调类处理现象,并通过与现代潮汕方言,以及中古音的比较,结合文白异读的分析,阐述其"下去"调名处理的合理性。

This paper sorts out 3,544 rhyme words from more than 30,000 words in EnglishChinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, compiled by foreign missionary in 1883. It focuses on Shangsheng 上声 and Qusheng 去声 in this book, and argues about the reasonability of the labeling of Xiaqu 下去 tone by comparing them with those in modern Chaoshan dialect, MC phonology, and by analyzing the colloquial and literary readings.