Research On Classifier Reduplication In De’an Dialect

Classifier reduplication,a special language phenomenon in Chinese,are diversified in Chinese dialects.The study of Chinese dialects’ classifier reduplication has special value for researching Chinese grammar systematically.Being a part of Gan dialect,De’an dialect also has a great deal of classifier reduplication.For some classifier reduplication with specificity in De’an dialect,if it is studied deeply and systematically,benefits will occur to an overall recognition of Gan dialect’s classifier reduplication and grammatical characteristics,and a great reference for researching Chinese dialects’ classifier typology will be born in this way as well.Based on the advantages of the writer’s own mother tongue,this paper makes a comprehensive description and analysis of the overlapping of classifiers and quantifiers in De’an dialect by reading the existing literature research and using the methods of statistics,comparison and inductive description to find out that De’an dialect has an abundant deal of classifier reduplication,which concludes the pure overlapping “AA”,adding overlapping including “AA de”and “AXA+suffix”(“A si A li” and “A ba A de”),and quantifier overlapping including “yi AA”,“yi AA de” and “yi A yi A”.This paper also makes De’an dialect’s classifier reduplication compared,summarized,and analyzed with that in Changdo and other spots of Gan dialect to recognize the commonness and difference among them.The paper is divided into six chapters.The first chapter briefly introduces the present situation of the overlapping of classifiers and quantifiers,and summarizes De’an dialect’s affiliation and its research significance,ideas and methods;In chapter2 and 3,the overlapping of classsifiers and quantifiers is introduced from the three levels of form,syntax and semantics,and the differences between them are analyzed.In chapter 4,this paper describes the commonness and difference of the classifier reduplication in Gan dialect from the perspective of synchronicity.Chapter 6briefly summarizes the main content of this paper on the basis of the previous chapters.