The Study On The Interrogative Setencese Of Tengxian Dialect

Tengxian dialect belongs to the Goulou Yue dialect. However, until now, there is no relative research on the interrogative sentence of Tengxian dialect internally. Based on the rich first-handed corpora and the fruitful research achievements of interrogative sentence of Mandarin and other dialects, this thesis describes and explaines in detail the four common types of the interrogative system of Tengxian dialect:V-not-V question, Yes-No question, WH-question, Selective question, then compares the interrogative sentence of Tengxian dialect with that of Cantonese by their similarities and differences, in order to summarize the distinguishing features of the interrogative sentence of Tengxian dialect.This thesis is divided into seven parts.Part1is introduction. This part introduces the general situation of Tengxian geography, history, and culture, the general situation of Tengxian dialect, the current research of the topic, research methods and the source of corpora and style description.Part2describes the V-not-V question. Firstly it discusses the ownership of "VP-Neg?", points out that it is transiting to Yes-No question. Secondly it summarizes the forms of V-not-Vquestion, including"VP有?”,“V有(O)有?”,“V过(O)有?”,“VP(有/晤)曾?”,“V有V?”and”S,V有/曾?”,the brief form "VP-Neg?"is relatively common. Thirdly it discusses the subsumption V-not-V question, in the subsumption form,"V-Neg-VP" can constitute indriect questions, while "VP-Neg" can constitute driect questions. And then it discusses the part of speech of“有”,it is a quasi tone word. Lastly, the source and development of V-not-V question of Tengxian dialect are talked over, it mainly comes from omition, and will change categorically.“VP有?”will become Yes-No question, while’“V有V?" will become the main form of V-not-V question.Part3describes the Yes-No question. At first it investigates the devices, including interrogative tone, interrogative words and interrogative adverb. There’re eleven interrogative words:吧,�'�,�'�,�'�,射,是(物),嗻,啵,呀,呀2,呀3.Interrogative tone includes rising intonation and lowing intonation, the lowing intonation has to appear with auxiliary word of interrogative mood：啊,啦,噶.The three interrogative adverbs are“(晤)中,怕,使乜”.Then it investigates the functions, including speculation, verification, consultation, rhetorical question mood, and compares the differences between the many internal sentences of each function.Part4describes the WH-question. It first analyses the common usages and rhetorical usages of interrogative pronouns. Against the Anne Yue-Hashimoto’view that some interrogative pronouns of Tengxian dialect are borrowed from Cantonese, I put forward some different opinions. At last, it simply introduces the brief form of WH-question of Tengxian dialect:“NP呢?”and“VP呢?”.Part5describes the Selective question. At first, it investigates the forms, including dual choice question, multiple-choice question, and V-not-V choice question. The basic formats of dual choice question are“X是Y(呢)?”,“X(呢),是Y(呢)?”;of multiple-choice questionare“A,是B,是C,……(郑)是N?”.“A,B,C,……是N?”;of V-not-V choice questionis“V是有VP?”Then, it discusses the deletion rule of the same options, and the selection marker“是”“是”is very common, and then’“定系,郑是”.Part6is comparison. It compares the interrogative sentence between Tengxian dialect and Cantonese. There are not only many similarities, but also a few differences. The most need to be attention to is the comparison of V-not-V question and Yes-No question.Part7is conclusion. It summarizes the distinguishing features of the four common types of the interrogative system of Tengxian dialect, and the shortcomings and the direction for the future research.