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Article published In: Language Contact with Chinese:
Edited by Zhiming Bao
[Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 38:1] 2023
► pp. 135–150

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Social status, contact history and the implosives in the Chinese dialects of Hainan

 | Nankai University, China
Published online: 5 May 2023
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Abstract
The Mandarin dialects spoken in former garrison towns and the surrounding Southern Min and Cantonese dialects in the island of Hainan are affected by the voiced implosive initials of the local indigenous Kra-Dai languages in different ways. The garrison dialects with low social status developed the implosives, like the Southern Min and Cantonese dialects that pre-dated the establishment of the garrison towns. The garrison dialects with high social status did not develop the implosives, blocking the Chinese dialects that arrived later from getting them. The prestigious garrison dialects also serve as the source of loanwords for the regional Southern Min and Cantonese dialects.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Yacheng Junhua and the Yazhou area
    • 2.1The plosives of Yacheng and the surrounding dialects
    • 2.2The contact history and language attitude towards Yacheng
    • 2.3The chain shift in Mai and Gangmen
    • 2.4Summary
  • 3.Basuo Junhua and the Dongfang area
    • 3.1The plosives of Basuo and the surrounding dialects
    • 3.2The contact history and language attitude of Basuo
  • 4.Zhonghe Junhua and the Danzhou area
    • 4.1The plosives of Zhonghe and the surrounding languages
    • 4.2The contact history and language attitude of Zhonghe
    • 4.3The chain shift of Zhonghe and Danzhou
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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