尽管几年前开始启动的上海话有声数据库已建设完成,它成为专家研究语言发音特点、方言演变趋势、与社会发展关系等课题的重要工具,然而在上海市两会期间,上海话的传承与保护仍然成为不少委员们热议的话题。不独上海话,地方方言“濒危”的消息近年来也常见诸报端,对方言保护的讨论和实践一直未断。作为语言的变体,作为一种文化载体,方言在表达思想感情和地方文化方面,的确要比普通话更具有优势。 Although the sound database of Shanghai dialect started a few years ago has been completed, it has become an important tool for experts to study the characteristics of language pronunciation, the evolution trend of dialects and the relationship with social development. However, the inheritance and protection of Shanghainese dialect during the two sessions in Shanghai Still become a hot topic for many members. Not only the Shanghai dialect, the local dialect “endangered ” news also often reported in recent years, the discussion and practice of dialect protection has been unbroken. As a language variant, as a cultural carrier, dialects indeed have more advantages than Mandarin in expressing their thoughts and feelings and local culture.