Readers 读者
Demonstrative interjections in Huangxiao cluster of Jianghuai Mandarin
江淮官话黄孝片方言中的指示叹词
Huayun Wang 汪化云; Daogen Cao 曹道根
Abstract 摘要
Demonstrative interjections such as ʨie31po35 (绝播), po35 (播), and ʨio35 in the Huangxiao cluster of Jianghuai Mandarin are used exclusively for reference in the speech situation (here-and-now reference). With respect to pronunciation, demonstrative interjections in most dialects of the cluster are relatable to the proximal demonstrative alone, while only in a very small handful of dialects are they related to the distal demonstrative alone. In some dialects of the cluster, however, they are connected with proximal and distal pronouns at the same time, while in some others, demonstrative interjections that distinguish between proximal ones and distal ones have their pronunciations respectively related to proximal and distal pronouns. Presumably, demonstrative interjections are derived from the rhetorical question ʨiɛ35(/na34) pu213sɿ34 •ti (这/那不是的) through sound ellipsis, sound weakening or other types of sound change. Compared with na21 (嗱) and ne21 (呢) in the Guangzhou Dialect of Guangzhou City, and tʂɤ51pu51-35 (这不) in Mandarin Chinese, demonstrative interjections in the Huangxiao Dialect have completed their lexicalization process though they are still at the early stage of grammaticalisation.
Subject Keywords 主题词
Huangxiao cluster 黄孝方言 Demonstrative interjection 指示叹词 Rhetorical question 反问句 Grammaticalisation 语法化 Lexicalization 词汇化