The Perfective Aspect Markers Ga, Da And Qulai In Changsha Dialect

Changsha dialect belongs to the new Xiang dialect, which has a distinct localflavor in pronunciation and grammar. The thesis is dedicated to the study of perfectiveaspect in Changsha dialect. The dynamic auxiliary verbs of Changsha dialect havesome characteristics in usage such as single-used, compound-used and detached-used.We will try to investigate and research its dynamic auxiliary verbs, to discuss theperfective aspect from a new perspective. First, we investigate and compare ga, da inChangsha dialect and le, guo in Mandarin; second, we examine the compound form gada and ga…da, and attempt to find their differences and limitations between thecompound form ga…da and ga da.In response to the first issue, i.e., the comparison of the perfective aspect andMandarin Chinese, we will mainly focus the comparison on grammar and semantics. Inview of Lu’s (2010) researches on ga and da in Changsha dialect, we make a furtherdiscussion, and we find: ga can be used to mean sequence, while da indicates sequence,condition and cause.Concerning the second issue, under the guide of the feature checking theory of theMinimalist Program Chomsky (1995), and we adopt a syntactic approach to ga, da andga…da in order to explain their syntactic status and syntactic behaviors. Furthermore,we find ga da and ga…da have their own different structures, ga da can be usedtogether, while ga…da are always separated by object. And when ga da lies behindadjective, it is not followed by complement. We find ga da can be used withone-syllable word, while bisyllable word can not. And we attempt to compareMandarin Chinese with Changsha dialect on perfective aspect. In addition, we willfurther discuss and compare ga…da with le1…le2. And we will attempt to provide acomprehensively analysis of the two above issues.