Metrical Study Of Auxiliary Words In ErNvYingXiongZhuan

ErNvYingXiongZhuan, a vernacular novel written mostly in spoken language during mid to late Qing Dynasty, can basically give us a rough profile of the Beijing dialect in mid-nineteenth century, so it's of great value in the research history of modern Chinese language.The particle system in ErNvYingXiongZhuan is a great feature, which is not only obviously different from that of the Dream of the Red Mansions more than 100 years before, but also quite different from that of the"Under the Red Flag"by Lao She over 100 years letter, though those two reflected the basic profile basic profile of Beijing dialect in their time as well. Therefore, it is worth studying. However, except only a few of scattered discuss, there are still no comprehensive study of this system.In this paper, with use of both statistical and qualitative methods, we have made exhaustive analysis on the grammatical meaning and syntax distribution characteristics of each member in the four kinds of particles in the novel, namely, aspectual particles, structural particles, metaphor particle and mood particles. The full text can be divided into six major parts: "Introduction" section describes ErNvYingXiongZhuan in the history of Chinese language study, and then gives the composition method and the book versions used. In chapter I, II, III and IV, we makes comprehensive analysis and description on every member of the aspectual particles, structural particles, metaphor particle and mood particles respectively. Besides, we also makes preliminary explanations on some of the special phenomenon and summaries on some rules in it. "Conclusion" section is a summary of the full text, with a view to reveal the basic profile of the particle system in ErNvYingXiongZhuan.This paper is a periodic research achievement of the National Social Science Fund Project "History of Empty Words in Beijing Dialect (1750 ~ 1950)" (08BYY049) chaired by Mr. Cao Wei. The full text is of about 16 million characters.