With or without a medial in the Hui dialect: A comparison with the dialects of Wu, Min, Yue and Hakka
徽语介音有无的时空之变－附论徽语介音和吴闽客粤语的比较
Chung-sze Tung 董忠司

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the behavior of the medial in Hui and other Chinese dialects. Rather than being categorized as a member of Northern Chinese where there is a 4-way distinction among medials, the Hui language belongs to a three-tier medial system, similar to what we find in dialects in Southeast China. Furthermore, we believe that the phonological system underlying the Hui language is one in which there is no medial, but there are initials with labiolization and palatalization. We conclude that, by comparing special medial sounds in Hui with what we find in Southeast China, the Hui language displays an historical inheritance from the past, a linguistic novelty of its own, and possibly influence from aboriginal languages in the area.

本论文有见于汉语方言介音「两呼四等」和「四呼」观点的不足，并且注意到其它类型的介音，以此来观察徽语和汉语方言。从「四呼」的观点，大体而言，徽语基本上是「三呼」型的语言，和官话方言(绝大多数)的「四呼」不同，而和中国东南部汉语方言类同。进一步，再从徽语的-i-、-y-介音前只配舌面前声母，-u-介音只配k-组声母来探究，认为徽语的基层音系甚至是个具有唇化声母和颚化声母的无介音语言。此外，加上徽语的一些特殊介音，和中国南方语言相较，我们可以推论出，徽语的介音，一方面表现为古代汉语在徽语中的历史传承痕迹，相对于汉语，一方面表现出徽语自己的创新，又在他方面表现出徽语很可能具有古百越语底层的影响。

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Medial sounds 介音 Hui dialects 徽语 Chinese dialects 汉语方言 Language contact 语言接触 Substratum 底层语言 Language change 历史演变

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