shanghai-dialect

TheDevelopmentofShanghaineseBriefIntroduction•ShanghaidialectreferstotheShanghaiaccent.Althoughitisadialectwithonlya700-yearhistory,Shanghaineseplaysasignificantroleaccordingtothiscity'sirreplaceableposition,notjustingeographicalterm,butalsoinChina'seconomysystem.Itsearlyperiod•ShanghaiislocatedattheYangzirivervalley,soitisverysuitabletocallShanghaiasthebund.Itisfarawayfromthecountrysideandlocatedatthedevelopingarea.SuzhouandJiaxinggovernmentarethetwobiggovernmentswithprosperouseconomyandcultureinhistory,butSongjiangcountywaslessdevelopedandShanghaiareawasclosedtobeach.SoSongjiangareadevelopedveryslowlyinthewholeTaiLakearea.ShanghaidialectstillremainsmanySongjiangvoicesoundandwordsinSongjiangdialects.Inthelate19thcentury•ShanghaididnotbecomearegionalcenterofcommerceuntilitwasopenedtoforeigninvestmentduringthelateQingDynasty.Consequently,dialectsspokenaroundShanghaihadlongbeensubordinatetothosespokenaroundJiaxingandlaterSuzhou.Inthelate19thcentury,mostvocabularyoftheShanghairegionhadbeenahybridbetweenNorthernJiangsuandNingbodialects.Sincethe1850s•Sincethe1850s,owingtothegrowthofShanghai'seconomy,Shanghainesehasbecomeoneofthefastest-developingdialectsofWuChinese,undergoingrapidchangesandquicklyreplacingSuzhoudialectastheprestigedialectoftheregion.Itunderwentsustainedgrowththatreachedahiatusinthe1930sduringtheRepublicanera,whenmigrantsarrivedinShanghaiandimmersedthemselvesinthelocaltongue.Review&Outlook•During150years,ShanghaidialectdevelopsveryfastwithShanghai.YoucanwitnessthehugechangesofShanghaidialectintwoorthreegenerations,whichisuniqueinmodernlanguagedevelopmentinChina.•MoreandmorepeopleliveinShanghaistarttolearnShanghaidialect,whichbringsmuchconveniencetolife.NowShanghaidialecthasspreadallovertheworld.YoucannotonlyinChinabutalsoinEuropean,America,AustraliafeelShanghaifolkwayandcivilization.Culture’sCarrierShanghai-styleculture海派文化ShanghaiOperaTVSeriesTalkShowsGradualDisappearanceInternationalizationisgraduallypreventingshanghaifromholdingfasttoitsowndialect.Accordingtolocalnews,thePersonnelDepartmentoftheShanghaiMunicipalGovernmenthasrequiredthatnewly-employedcivilservantsshouldlearnShanghaidialectforaperiodoftime,whichwasoncequeriedasitwassomewhatanti-foreign.Oneacceptableexplanationisthatmostofthenewly-employedcivilservantswouldbeassignedtograss-rootunitsandthoseelderlyShanghairesidentscannotspeakMandarinfluently.Sofortheconvenienceofcommunication,thetrainingisquitenecessary.Inferences:1.Ageofspeakers2.Englishininnerloop,Mandarininmiddleloop,dialectinouterloop3.Immigrants4.ActionstakenMoretomention:1.Traditionallanesandarchitecturesreplacedofnomodernmeaning2.Notintegratingwithglobalmarket3.PidginEnglish4.NoplaceforpracticeProtections~~~EffortsinlegislativediscussionSince2005,newmovementshaveemergedtoprotectShanghainese.Atmunicipallegislativediscussionsin2005,formerHujuactressMaLilimovedtoprotectthelanguage,statingthatshewasoneofthefewremainingHujuactresseswhostillretainedauthenticclassicShanghainesepronunciationintheirperformances.Shanghai'sformerpartybossChenLiangyu,anativeShanghainesehimself,reportedlysupportedherproposal.EheartChen:Shanghai'smodernrockersingssongsinShanghaineseChen’sloveofoldShanghaiislargelyinfluencedbyhischildhoodmemories.Bornandbredinthelate1970sonWuyuanLu,theheartofformerFrenchConcession,Chenexpressesthroughsonghowhemissesthatsimpleandrelaxedlifestyle,whichheregardsastrulyShanghainese.ZhouLibo:CloseupwithShanghai’sfavoritefunnymanShanghai’sfavoritecomedianZhouLibo(周立波),or‘Bobo’,isbestknownfordrawingsell-outcrowdstohisliveshows,deliveringhisactinShanghainese,andlampooningjustabouteveryone.Hislatestproject--“ZhouLibo:HuiCiDian”or“ZhouLibo’sDictionaryofHumour”--isalexiconcontaininghundredsofcommonlyusedShanghaislangterms,explainedwithZhou’sfunnyflair。WordsfromBOBO:“Shanghaiisabigcitywithlotsofculturessoit’seasytoloseyourown.IhopethatShanghainesepeople,newcomersandpeoplewhoareinterestedinShanghaiculturecanusethisdictionarytobetterunderstandourdialectandslang.FromthethousandsofShanghaineseslang,Ipickedaboutahundred--thefunniestones,ofcourse’’.THANKS!谢谢观看