| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Lianfeng Hakka is spoken in Liancheng of Fujian Province, which is located at the border
between the east of Minsi and Min language area. The language used in the local region are
rather complex. The mutual influences between Min and Hakka languages not only have led to
significant regional difference, but also the division between “before southward migration” and
“after southward migration”. Lianfeng was once the village where the tribe of She resided.
Interaction with the substratum is one of the reasons of the change of pronunciation. Evolution
of pronunciation of Lianfeng Hakka over time and space results in the uniqueness of the
language.
This study treats Lianfeng Hakka of Liancheng as research target. It mainly explores
phonics and conducts primary exploration on vocabulary. This paper is divided into 6 chapters.
Chapter 1 is introduction which elaborates the research motives and purposes, introduces dialect
use in Liancheng and general history of Lianfeng and reviews literatures related to Minsi,
Liancheng Hakka. Chapter 2 is the pronunciation system of Lianfeng Hakka and it introduces
the characteristics such as sound, phonics, tone, tone sandhi and colloquial reading. Chapter 3
is the comparison between Lianfeng Hakka and old phonics. Based on old phonics, it aims to
observe the evolution of pronunciation of Lianfeng Hakka since the ancient time. In Chapter 4,
by sound, phonics, tone, different initial consonants and sips, it generalizes pronunciation
features of Lianfeng Hakka to observe the development of pronunciation. By comparing
substratum and dialects, it clarifies the evolution of pronunciation. Chapter 5 elaborate the
vocabulary and characteristics of Lianfeng Hakka. By comparing the vocabulary with those of
the dialects in the surrounding, it reviews the featured words of Hakka and observes the
uniqueness of vocabulary of Lianfeng Hakka. Besides Minsi Hakka, Min language, Gan
language and official language, it also includes substratum dialects. Chapter 6 is the conclusionwhich generalizes the characteristics of phonics and vocabulary of Lianfeng Hakka, reviews
the limitation and proposes the suggestions.
Keywords: Minsi, Lianfeng Hakka, Liancheng dialect, Characteristics of phonics, Historical
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