A Study On Adverbs Of Jiyuan Dialect In Henan Province

Jiyuan city is located in the northwest of Henan province,its language belongs to the areas of Huoji piece of Hanxin in Jin dialect.Some scholars have studied the adverbs of Jiyuan Dialect,but only the single adverb"lao"???,and there has been no systematic researches on the adverbs of Jiyuan dialect.On the basis of a comprehensive survey of Jiyuan dialect adverbs,this paper tries to show the whole picture of Jiyuan dialect adverbs,and studies some characteristic adverbs in Jiyuan dialect from the aspects of semantic features,syntactic structure and pragmatic functions.This paper mainly includes the following parts:The first part is the introduction.Firstly,it introduces the general situation of Jiyuan's geography,humanity and dialect,especially phonetic system.Then,it summarizes the research status of dialect adverbs.Finally,it explains the research content,significance,and methods.Besides,it explains corpus and style,and lists Jiyuan dialect pronoun system and some common words.The second part is the classification of adverbs in Jiyuan dialect.The adverbs in Jiyuan dialect are divided into six categories.Then,the writer enumerates them exhaustively,and analyzes their specific usages based on example sentences.Finally,the usage of the homomorphic adverb"dou"???,"jiang"???and"yi xia"????is summarized.The third part is the study of degree adverb"lao"???in Jiyuan dialect.Contrast with mandarin,the degree adverb"lao"???in Jiyuan dialect has rich functions and is frequently used.It can be combined with a variety of components with various forms and strong emotions.This chapter analyzes the collocation of degree adverb"lao"???in Jiyuan dialect with adjectives,verbs,nouns and other components,especially the"lao A₂"??A₂?and the"lao AA"??AA?.The fourth part is the study of mood adverb"qing"???in Jiyuan dialect.Mood adverb"qing"???is unique in Jiyuan dialect but not in mandarin.In this chapter,it is divided into the will type"qing"???and the evaluation type"qing"???.The will type"qing"???indicates that the speaker allows a certain behavior or state to go on continuously,and the evaluation type"qing"???indicates that it is obvious or true.Besides,compare and analyze them from the semantic and grammatical aspects.The fifth part is the study of the modal adverb"ban tian"????in Jiyuan dialect."ban tian"????in Jiyuan dialect can be used as a quantifier of time as well as in mandarin.Besides,"ban tian"????in Jiyuan dialect also can be used as the modal adverb and it can indicate surprise,reason and sarcasm.These three usages are significantly different in semantics,syntax and pragmatics.Through the description,comparison and discussion of adverbs in Jiyuan dialect,the author finds many characteristics.Although the number of adverbs in Jiyuan dialect is small,their functions are diversified.There are many adverbs with local characteristics that cannot be replaced in mandarin.Sometimes one adverb in Jiyuan dialect can summarize several adverbs in mandarin,such as jiyuan dialect adverbs"dou"???covers all the usage of mandarin adverbs"dou"???and"jiu"???at the same time;Some adverbs in the same form as in mandarin,usage is more abundant in Jiyuan dialect,such as Jiyuan dialect degree adverbs"lao"???;The adverb in Jiyuan dialect has delicate meanings,and the same adverb may have different meanings in different contexts,such as mood adverb"qing"???and"ban tian"????.Many non-modal adverbs,like modal adverbs,contain strong subjective feelings of the speaker,implys a certain mood;In addition,Jiyuan dialect also has many homomorphic adverbs,such as"dou"???,"jiang"???and"yi xia"????,each adverb has clear meanings and reasonable division of labor.