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The article takes the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language in the township of Chejiang, Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province as the research object. The paper described and analyzed the tetrasyllabic words which collected from the feature of the phonetic, semantic characteristic and syntax by using the related knowledge of structural linguistics,cognitive linguistics and choosing the basic method of synchronic description and comparison analysis. The dissertation comprises of five chapters.Introduction. It briefly introduced the Kam and the general situation of its language and character; resumed the research situation of the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language and others in Sino-Tibetan languages; ensures the object research and illustrate its meanings and characteristics; explained the selection and research method of data sources and language representatives; redefined the tetrasyllabic of the Kam language in the township of Chejiang, Rongjiang County,Guizhou Province.Chapter one. It analyzed phonetic of the tetrasyllabic words in Kam language. Through the arrangement of the collected original corpus, this paper gives a systematic description of phonetic structure,rhythm features and tune form. According to its syllabic reduplication, the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language can be classified into six phonetic pattern:ABAC, ABCD, AABB, ABAB, ABCC, ABCB, AABC, and the type ABAC is the dominant host.Chapter two. It analyzes the syntax of the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language. From the grammatical perspective to analyzes its constitution forms, language types, parts of speech and syntactic functions. The constitution forms of the tetrasyllabic words include continuous type,compound type, reduplication type and additional type. The reduplication type of the tetrasyllabic words has the functions of emphasizing and deepening the semantic meanings.Chapter three. It analyzes the semantic meanings of the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language. This part mainly analyzed the tetrasyllabic words in the township of Chenjiang from the layered structure, structure relation, significance characteristics and structure types. In the aspect of semantic structure, the tetrasyllabic words can be divided intothe entire structure, single layer and multi-layer semantic structure; further more,The author analysised the internal structure of the more complex multi-layered semantic structure. In the aspect of features of meaning, because of different properties and relations between different components of meaning and significance content, the whole meaning of four syllable language is displayed by the large and small; In the aspect of semantic collocation, the meanings of each component presents the relation of synonymy, similar meaning, analogy and antonymy. In the aspect of semantic structure type, according to the true meaning of each morpheme, the tetrasyllabic can be divided into no voice syllable and voice syllable.Conclusion. Take the tetrasyllabic words of the Kam Language and other Kam-Tai Languages made a simple comparison; a summary of the full text, and points out the limitations and recommendations for further study.