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A Comparative Study of Degree Adverbs in the Tieling Dialect

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2008, (15), pp.67-85
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2008..15.004
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : February 28, 2008

이학순 1 Eom, Ik-sang 1

1한양대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

There are a lot of degree adverbs in the northern dialect, such as "Zei, Jing, Xi, Lao, Liu, Que, Wu, Kang, Ke, Si, and so on. Except for Kang, all these dialect are still commonly used. In this study, we select four of them and discuss, Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er, which are most commonly used. In the northern dialect, Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er are equal to Hen in Putonghua. We make a discussion of Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er, about the usage, the syntax function, and the sameness and difference between Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er in dialect and Hen in Putonghua. As degree adverbs, Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er are usually used together with adjectives, no matter they are single or double syllable, that is to say, Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er have no strict requirement on the number of syllable of adjectives. Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er can also be used together with verb-object structures and verbs describing one's mood. Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er are not strict with the selection of central words. Except for Er, they can be overlap, normally together with the central word. When overlap, they should be used in pairs with some auxiliary word of mood, like De and Le. Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er are also different from Hen in Putonghua on the usage. Hen can be used as a modifier of some phrase. But with Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er, they can not. Moreover, Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er can be used as complements of degree, but Hen can not be use as that. For example, “他实在可恶的很。”can not be said like "他实在可恶 的贼。” Additionally, Hen can be used to modify some nouns and some status adjectives, but Zei, Beir, Lao, and Er can not. Therefore, degree adverbs in Putonghua are used more widely on the grammar function and on the usage range.

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