A Study On Topics And Topic Markers In Mizhi Dialect Of Jin Language In Northern Shaanxi

Topic and topic markers have been a hot topic in recent years.They have been studied by academic circles from many aspects.There are many research achievements.There are more abundant research achievements on them in mandarin than in mandarin dialects and minority languages.Topic and topic markers should be strengthened in mandarin dialects.Mizhi county is located at the south of Yulin city in the north of Shaanxi province.According to China’s Linguistics Atlas(2nd,edition),Mizhi dialect belongs to Wutaipian of Jin language.There are abundant topic markers in Mizhi dialect in the north of Shaanxi province.It is representative dialect in the north of Shaanxi province.So far no one has studied systematically.Therefore,the dissertation takes the topic and topic marker as research object and performs research and investigation.It can make up for the lack of current research.The dissertation studies the topic and topic markers of Mizhi dialect.The dissertation consists of four parts.The first part is introduction.It introduces the human geography and historical evolution of Mizhi county,the phonology and present research situation of Mizhi dialect.It describes the meaning of topic,the concept of topic markers and their present research situation.It expounds the reseach significance and method,etc of topic and topic markers of Mizhi dialect.This is the chapter one of the dissertation.The second part is the description and the analysis of topic markers of Mizhi dialect.Topic marker "jiu" locates in the beginning of the topic.Topic markers "jie""dong’er’ "gan" "le" "shi" "san" locate at the end of the topic.The dissertation analyzes the seven topic markers one by one from chapter two to chapter eight.Topic marker "jiu" is analyzed in chapter two.It emerges from declarative sentence and imperative sentence.Topic marker "jiu" guides the topic type which includes argument coreference topic,register topic,copy topic and clause topic according to the semantic relationship between topic and comment.Topic marker"jiu" has the function of introduction topic,emphasis,comparison,forward and hypothetical cohesive.Topic markers"jie" "dong’er" "gan" "le" "shi" "san" are analyzed one by one from chapter three to chapter eight.They are studied in sentence type,topic type,the pragmatic function of topic markers,the evolution of topic markers,etc.It is convenient to analyze their feature and compare the smilarrities and differences between them.Topic markers"jie" "dong’er" "gan" "le" "shi" emerge from declarative sentence imperative sentence,exclamatory sentence and interrogative sentence.Topic markers"san" emerges from declarative sentence,exclamatory sentence and interrogative sentence.Topic marker "jie" "dong’er",etc.guide the topic type which includes argument coreference topic,register topic,copy topic and clause topic according to the semantic relationship between topic and comment.The quantity of pragmatic function of topic marker "jie" "dong’er",etc.is different in the process of verbal communication.For example,topic marker"jie" has the function of introduction topic,emphasis,comparison,forward,hypothetical cohesive,.causal cohesive,interperson and interaction.Topic marker "gan" has the function of introduction topic,emphasis,comparison,forward,hypothetical cohesive,.inferential cohesive,purpose cohesive,interperson and interaction.The evolution of Topic marker "jie" "dong’er" "gan",etc.are organized It can be found that they are from modal particle and particle.The third part is the comparison of topic and topic makers.The conclusion is that the topic makers of "shi" "le" are the most active.The conclusion is that the topic makers of "dong’er" "gan" "san" are more active than the topic makers of "jie" "jiu" in Mizhi dialect.There are similarities and differences of pragmatic function of topic markers in Mizhi dialect.Althought the propositional meaning is same during the process of coversation,the speaker chooses different topic markers according to his pragmatic expression.The purpose is to achieve the aim of conversational communication.The fouth part is the conclusion.The dissertation summarizes the research content,pointes out the shortcomings of research,prospects the research of topic and topic makers in Mizhi dialect and Jin dialect of the north of Shaanxi province.