The Usages of“Ji(几)”in Yulin Dialect
作者机构:Minzu University of ChinaBeijing100081China
出 版 物:《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2019年第9卷第5期
页 面:513-518页
主 题:Yulin dialect degree adverb interrogative pronoun numeral grammaticalization
摘 要:In Yulin dialect,there are three usages of“ji(几):interrogative pronouns,numerals,and degree *** used as an interrogative pronoun,it is generally used to inquire about the number and degree where the inquiry number is generally small,but the number can be large when it is used in asking about *** used as a number,it can represent not only integers between one and ten,but also decimal *** used as a degree adverb,there are rich syntactic formats such as“ji(几)+verb,“ji(几)+adjective,different formats indicating different *** with Mandarin,the usage of Yulin dialect“ji(几)is more *** also analyze the use of“ji(几)from a diachronic perspective and finally we propose that due to the reanalysis of the syntactic format and the change of semantics,the“ji(几)is further grammaticalized from interrogative pronoun to degree adverb.