| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
Sibao Township is in the mountain area which is located in the most northern part of Liancheng County, formerly known as Old Tingzhou Sibao, Western Fujian Province. Its geographical and historical sources are closely associated with Changting, Liancheng, Qingliu, and Ninghua County. Although Sibao Township was allocated in Liancheng County in 1951, it is still hard for their residents to communicate between Sibao Township and Liancheng County. Moreover, it was once the home of the She Tribe, the phonological features are commonly mixed with their language bases. Therefore, the unique language appearance of Sibao Hakka dialect has been formed due to such a special geographical environment and historical background.
The study mainly focuses on researching the initials, finals and tones of Sibao Hakka dialect, from the perspective of historical comparison and referring to the Middle Chinese phonology. This study is divided into six chapters. The first chapter is an introduction of motivation and purpose, including a brief phonological overview in Liancheng County, consisting of the cultural and geographical background of Sibao Township. The literature review of Chinese dialect, Hakka dialect, and Hakka dialect of Liancheng County, Western Fujian Province are shown as well. The second chapter represents the phonetic system of Sibao Township Hakka dialect, including the initials, finals, tones, the special tone sandhi, and the differing literary and colloquial readings of certain Chinese characters. In the third chapter, a comparison is made between Sibao Township Hakka dialect and the Middle Chinese phonology to discuss the sound evolvement and development of Sibao Township Hakka dialect. The fourth chapter represents the features of Sibao Township Hakka dialect, based on the phonetic system shown in the third chapter. The fifth chapter demonstrates the study of vocabulary characteristics and the comparison among other sites of Hakka dialects in Liancheng County. The last chapter is the conclusion of the study results, as well as the examination and suggestions of the study.
Keywords: Western Fujian dialect，Liancheng Hakka dialect, Sibao Hakka dialect, Phonological features, Labiodental | en_US |