A Study Of Passive Sentences In Jinhua Dialect

Jinhua is located in the central part of Zhejiang Province,and is a representative point of the Jinqu piece of the Wu dialect.In this paper,we take the passive sentences of Jinhua dialect as the research object,collect the relevant corpus of Jinhua dialect passive sentences by field survey method,and comprehensivelyexamine the passive markers and passive sentences of Jinhua dialect from the perspective of linguistic typology,including the usage of passive markers and the similarities and differences among the markers,the characteristics of the main syntactic components of passive sentences,and analyze the contact between Jinhua dialect and the surrounding Wu dialect from the perspective of co-occurrence,soas to provide a reference for the study of Wu dialect grammar is intended to provide reference.Structurally,the thesis is divided into five parts.The first introductory chapter firstly introduces the geographical-historical overview of Jinhua,Zhejiang Province,briefly compares the current status of research on passive sentences and Jinhua dialect grammar,and explains the research significance and corpus sources of this paper.The second chapter is the study of passive markers in Jinhua dialect.Through analyzing the corpus,this chapter summarizes the specific usage and grammatical features of the passive markers "rang","deng","□[f(?)(?) 33]",and "de" in Jinhua dialect.It is found that the four passive markers have other usages besides serving as prepositions.This chapter also combs out the main sentence patterns of passive sentences in Jinhua dialect,compares and examines the differences between passive markers from the perspectives of sentence pattern distribution and frequency of use,and explores the characteristics of the use of each passive marker.It is believed that "rang" and "□[f(?)(?)33]" have the most accessible sentence patterns,followed by "de" and "deng"."rang" has the highest frequency of use,and is used by most young people and some middle-aged people,the use of "□[f(?)(?)33]" and "de" is subject to geographical and age restrictions.The third chapter examines the syntactic component characteristics and overall sentence meaning of passive sentences in Jinhua dialect.This chapter first explores the characteristics of the main syntactic components NP1,NP2,NP3,and the predicate verb VP.It is found that NP1 can be hidden in the passive sentence of Jinhua dialect,but NP2 must appear.Most of the relationships between NP3 and NP1 are possessive and cannot be hidden.In addition,there are certain differences in the role of argument,degree of life,and whether to indicate a definite reference.VP usually refers to various types of complex structures or the form of "le/guo" followed by bare verbs.In special cases,it can be directly served by bare verbs.In terms of semantic characteristics,in addition to the basic features of passive sentences,it also presents[± agreeable,± already,+strong activism].In addition to the fact that passive sentences with the word "de" rarely express positive meanings,other passive sentences contain positive,negative,and neutral semantic colors.The fourth chapter compares the passive sentences in Jinhua dialect and surrounding Wu dialect.Through comparison,this article summarizes the five common characteristics of passive sentences in Jinhua dialect,Taizhou dialect,Shaoxing dialect,and Ningbo dialect.It is believed that in terms of the degree of intimacy with Jinhua dialect,Ningbo dialect>Shaoxing dialect>Taizhou dialect.The fifth chapter is the conclusion,which summarizes the characteristics of passive markers,syntactic component characteristics and sentence meaning of passive sentences in Jinhua dialect,as well as similarities and differences with surrounding Wu dialects,and points out the innovation and shortcomings of this article.