The Study Of Pronouns In Huaining Dialect Of Anhui Province

Pronouns are often used in language and a small number of basic words,which are the unique feature in Huaining dialect.The third person singular “qu”in Huaining dialect is a personal pronoun directly inherited from ancient Chinese.The plural form of personal pronouns is more diversified and complicated than that of Standard,which are mainly in the plural ending.A compound-syllable as a plural mark formed from the grammaticalization of the quantity phrase "jige",which inherited the characteristics of the number of tables and Gradually grammaticalize to form the function of representing the number set of the same kind.Demonstrative pronouns in Huaining dialect are a three-part system,which are mainly consist of three kinds of Demonstratives based on the basic demonstrative morphemes.But after word formation,the morphology and semantics are not regular corresponding.The third kind of "Wu" demonstratives can only express certain syntactic and semantic functions under relative circumstances,which is especially evident in indicating spatial distances."Wu" does not have the concept of distance,that is given in being used.The interrogative pronouns in Huaining dialect are mainly composed of "me","n" and "ji".There are a lot of formal ellipsis in "me" class,that constitutes a difference in the meaning of sentence and semantic.The irregular features of demonstrative pronouns directly affect the syntactic and semantic functions of interrogative pronouns.The interrogative pronouns used to answer Huaining dialect do not correspond completely.There are some phenomena,such as Mutual use,substitution and mismatch exist and many functions of one word in grammar.Except for the use in question,there are also non interrogative usages,which are used to express arbitrary and virtual fingers,negative and rhetorical questions,etc.