江苏北部方言入声共时变异及分布研究

Study on Diachronic Evolution and Geographical Distribution of the Endings of the Entering Characters’ Finals in Northern Jiangsu

保留入声是江淮官话最重要的语音特点,连云港方言的入声正在变异的过程中。运用社会语言学的方法,考察入声演变的社会表现,运用统计分析方法证实入声变异存在年龄差异,体现语言演变'有序异质'特点;借助实验语音学的理论与方法,对连云港方言入声喉塞尾的语音表现进行分析,并统计保留情况。研究证明连云港方言中入声韵虽仍保留,但其声学特征已明显弱化。

The retention of the entering characters’finals is the most important characteristics of the Jianghuai dialect,while the endings[-?]in Xinpu dialect is changing.By means of the theory and methods of sociolinguistics,the study conducts analysis on its social representation,the change is verified to be different with the age,which manifest the characteristics,that is,orderly heterogeneous of the language evolution.The theory and methods of the experimental phonetics helps to analyze the phonetic representation of the endings[-?]in Xin Pu dialect,calculate the retaining ones.It is testified that the entering characters’finals still remain in Xin Pu dialect,but its phonetic characteristics are weakened and appear more casual.