The historical relationship between northern Wu and Min dialects: Some lexical evidence
論北部吳語與閩語的歷史聯繫 — 幾個詞匯上的證據
Wei Zheng 鄭偉

Abstract 摘要
This article discusses the etymon of four grammatical particles, including temporal suffix shǒu 手, the deictic particle ěr 爾, the pronoun plural markers nóng 儂 and the interrogative particle tǐ 底 in northern Wu and Min dialects as revealed by the historical documents. These four particles were used in the ancient Jiangdong 江東 dialect in Six Dynasties at one time. Among them, the front two came from the Koine earlier, and the other two were the southern elements at an initial stage. The author tries to show that the materials of northern Wu, especially Sunan Wu should play an indispensable role for the comparison between Wu and Min dialects. Besides, it is necessary for us to attach an importance to the study of the historical evolution of grammatical particles in Wu and Min.

本文討論北部吳語（主要是蘇南吳語）及閩語共有的“手”、“爾”、“儂”、“底”四個虛詞在文獻中的出現年代和在方言中的演變，並試圖說明：①“手、爾”最早來自北方通語，後來進入吳語，而“儂、底”一開始就是吳語成分，南朝以後這四個虛詞又都傳入閩地；②作為南朝吳語的中心區域，蘇南吳語的材料在探討吳閩語關係時有特殊作用；③虛詞演變史也是觀察吳閩語關係的一種重要途徑。

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Wu dialects吳語 Min dialects閩語Etymon語源Evolution演變The history of grammatical particles虛詞史

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