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A Comparative Study of the Phonological Strata of Pinghua in Northern Guangxi.

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Title/Author:	A Comparative Study of the Phonological Strata of Pinghua in Northern Guangxi./
Author:	Ho, Tan Pang.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
Description:	343 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-09, Section: A.
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A Comparative Study of the Phonological Strata of Pinghua in Northern Guangxi.
Ho, Tan Pang.

A Comparative Study of the Phonological Strata of Pinghua in Northern Guangxi. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 343 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-09, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), 2017.

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First listed independently as a Han Chinese dialect group in the 'Language Atlas of China' (1987), Guangxi Pinghua has since become the subject of lively academic discourse amongst dialectologists. In the twenty-odd years that followed, linguists have surveyed in depth the tuhua of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan, leading to discussions and debates over the nature and classification of Pinghua from different angles. Competing views for and against Pinghua being a distinct dialect group have emerged; some even believe that Pinghua dialects lack internal affinity and should, therefore, be treated separately as distinct northern and southern varieties. Currently, while consensus on the close ties between Guinan Pinghua and Yue dialect groups has steadily formed, the nature and status of Guibei Pinghua remain contentious. Indeed, further studies comparing Guibei Pinghua and nearby tuhua are needed to answer whether the distinction between the Guinan and Guibei varieties is the result of independent historical change or that of dialect mixing. In fact, the Guibei geographical area covers the borderland of the Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces where both migration patterns and ethnic composition are equally complicated. Moreover, there have been various changes over the years to the administrative divisions of the area. These factors all contribute to the seemingly perplexing linguistic state of Guibei Pinghua, making it a group of dialects ideal for further research in language stratification as well as language contact and change. Through scrutinising the stratum implications of corresponding sound splits and merges, not to mention the stratum classification of different sound values under the same corresponding phoneme, we can effectively trace how closely the Guibei dialects relate to one another, and how such dialects form and develop. In addition, by analysing these results with the tuhua, Southwestern Mandarin, Yue, and Xiang dialects of neighbouring areas, we can reconstruct the historical linguistic developments of language contact between the Guibei and neighbouring dialects, and determine whether the developments are shared or distinct. While these methods are not commonly used in discussing the affinity of Pinghua and tuhua, they can in fact shed much light on the distinct traits of the two dialect clusters, as well as their relationship to each other. In dissecting the various phonological strata of Guibei Pinghua, and analyzing their geographical distributions, this dissertation is able to present a much clearer picture of the many tuhua dialects found in the borderland of the Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan provinces, including their nature, development, and contact. This will become a benchmark model for future research in similar tuhua clusters. At the same time, this dissertation uses stratum analysis of the phonology of Guibei Pinghua as the foundation to define the principles of language change induced by dialect or language contact, and the phonological and phonetic characteristics of such contact-induced change. From this foundation, a preliminary theoretical framework of contact linguistics is proposed. This dissertation is divided into eight chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the background of the study as well as the methodology and data used. Chapters 2 to 4 primarily analyse the phonological strata of Guibei Pinghua initials and issues related to their change and development, addressing respectively the Middle Chinese sets of quanzhuo, Jing-Zhuang-Zhi-Zhang, and Bang and Duan initials. Chapters 5 to 7 mainly focus on the phonological strata of the finals and tones of Guibei Pinghua and issues related to their change and development, discussing respectively the Guo-Jia-Yu sets of finals as well as the shang and ru tones. Chapter 8 concludes by coalescing the findings of the previous chapters to highlight the relationship between language stratification and contact-induced language change, and propose a theoretical framework for the latter.

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A Comparative Study of the Phonological Strata of Pinghua in Northern Guangxi.
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