A Study on the Phonological Contact of the Xiahe Dialect in Yangdi Town, Southern Shaanxi

Yangdi Town is located in the southwest of Shanyang County in southern Shaanxi Province, at the junction of Qin and Chu, where people from several provinces in the north and south are mixed. The situation of dialect contact and evolution is relatively complex. The dialects in Yangdi Town are mainly divided into two categories: the local dialect and the Xiahe dialect. This paper mainly applies the theory of language contact. Based on a comprehensive investigation and recording of the Xiahe dialect in Yangdi Town, and with the help of the source dialect of the Xiahe dialect, namely the dialect in the Puqi area, this paper explores the characteristics of language contact in the Xiahe dialect of Yangdi Town, namely convergence and complementarity. By comparing and analyzing the phonological features of the Xiahe dialect at the synchronic level, this paper summarizes the results of language contact, namely the retention, replacement, weakening, and disappearance of features.)