樟樹(清江)방언의 入聲 운미에 관한 연구 - 『辨字摘要』를 중심으로

Abstract

Bianzizhaiyao is the vocabulary book which has been written at Qingjiang County Jiangxi Province in the mid-18th century. This book also has the nature of rhyme dictionary, for classifying Chinese characters according to four tones and grouping 'character sets' in accordance with pronunciation and rhyme. From the aspects of which characters have been divided into each sets, we can make deduce the terms of merging checked-tone finals in Zhangshu(Qingjiang) dialect at that time. First, */-p/ has merged into */-t/. Second, */-k/ behind front vowels amalgamated with */-t/, but */-k/ following back vowel kept independent phonetic value. The accurate phonetic value of finals cannot be figured out, for the characteristic of Chinese character and the absence of related data. However, we can find out five possibilities throughout the regional dialects in Gan dialect: (*[-t], *[-k]), (*[-t], *[-ʔ]), (*[-l], *[-k]), (*[-l], *[-ʔ]), (*[-ʔ], *[-k]). The difference of phonetic value is determined by the hierarchy among the constraints, which are Ident(PlaceF), *-p]σ, *-t]σ, *-k]σ, *[-oral]]σ, Ident(MannerF), Ident I→O(Nasal), *[+obs]]σ, *[+nasal]]σ, *[+lateral]]σ, MAX(segment), No-Coda, *[-back][-Cons]&k.