STYLISTIC PHONETIC DIFFERENCES OF THE CANTON DIALECT FROM THE PUTHUNHU IN CONVERSATIONAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article states that the aim is to study the features of the Cantonese group of dialects and to develop a comparative classification of stylistic differences between the Cantonese dialect and Putonghua in conversational discourse. Insufficient study of the stylistic phonetic features of the Cantonese dialect group has led to scientific interest in this problem. A previous study of scientific, pedagogical and methodological sources found that the Cantonese dialect is the largest in number of native speakers of all Chinese dialects and is native to most Guangdong and Hong Kong, but unlike the languages of other national minorities in China, is not fully protected by the law. Thus, the phonetic, lexical, grammatical and syntactic features of the Cantonese dialect group gradually lose their uniqueness and are gradually displaced from the education system and from conversational and everyday communication. As a result of the study, it was determined that the most significant differences between the dialects of the Yue and Putonghua groups are observed in the field of phonetics. Even when a sentence in the Cantonese dialect is neither lexically nor grammatically different from the corresponding sentence in Putonghua, it usually remains incomprehensible to those who are unfamiliar with these dialects. It can be concluded that the pronunciation of the same words in Cantonese and Mandarin is completely different. It was also found that the Cantonese dialect is one of the few dialects of Putonghua, in which the tone after the division into the main four tones is even more divided. This phenomenon is due to the difference in the length of vowel sounds, which in turn caused the splitting of the input tone. Therefore, the Cantonese dialect has at least six and sometimes nine tones, while the Putunhua language has four basic tones and one additional or neutral. The difference between voiced and voceless consonants in the Putonghua language is preserved due to the difference in tones in the Cantonese dialect. That is why another striking difference in phonetics is that standard Chinese and Cantonese have different vowel and consonant sounds. Also, unlike standard Chinese, where the medial is a mandatory part, the syllable in the Cantonese dialect usually consists of an initial (initial consonant) and a rhyme. Thus, despite the comprehensive influence of the Putonghua language over the past few decades, the differences between it and the Cantonese dialect remain very significant. According to the results obtained during the study, the acquired knowledge, skills and abilities in the style of the Chinese language can be used in the course of theoretical phonetics and phonostylistics of the Chinese language in the field of conversational communication. The developed classification can also be used in diagnosing the level of professional training development of students majoring in philology in order to improve their applied and practical abilities, in particular, in classes on practical phonetics and theoretical phonetics.