Study On The Direct Specch And Indirect Speech Of Hunan Longhui Dialect

Based on the data collected from the field investigation and sentences invented by self-examination about the native language, by reference to the relevant literature, using descriptive method, comparative analysis method and inductive method, the thesis summed up the distinction between direct speech and indirect speech of Longhui dialect to a certain extent. The thesis consists of six parts.In the introduction part, the authoress briefly introduces the geographical situation of Longhui County, defines the research object and significance of the selected topic, the research methods and procedures of this paper, summarizes the history and present situation of studies on speech, describes the data sources and the system arrangement.Chapter Two summarizes Longhui dialect speech. Firstly, introduces the research on the direct speech and indirect speech in the Handbook Of Grammatical Investigation And Research, including the definition of the direct speech and indirect speech, the distinction between the two methods. On this basis, analyses the characteristics of Longhui dialect speech. Longhui dialect often adds the same component as the former reporting verbs in the back of the speech to sign the part in front of it is quoted from others, forming "It/I speak...... It/I speak "sentence, this sentence exist in both direct speech and indirect speech. Chapter Three discusses the composition differences of Longhui speech from the guide language, speech clause and complementizer three aspects. The differences in the guide language, mainly analyzes the use of "Dan Go Ga+V" as the guide language. The situation of using "Dan Go Ga+V" as the guide language commonly in the direct speech, it can not only in front of the speech, but also the back location. The differences in the speech clause including six aspects, such as personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns,tone, order, semantic, rhetoric. The differences in the complementizer simply introduces two complementizer of Longhui dialect, one is "speak", the other is "see".Chapter Four mainly discusses Longhui dialect complementizer "speak". It can guide both the direct and indirect speech. The pronunciation of "say" can be the distinguish between direct speech and indirect speech. In the long-term high frequency usage condition,"speak" has produced some other usage:self expression marking, pre-complementizer and complementizer, and "X+say" has the function of special expression, with a vocabulary trend.Chapter Five mainly discusses Longhui dialect complementizer "see". It has rich semantic content in Longhui dialect, not only used as the verb, modal marker, try to state auxiliary word, it can be also used as the indirect question mark, forming "subject+’Q’+(ask subjects)+’see’+interrogative clause" sentence. Specified, yes or no,positive and negative, selection,such four kinds of question types can constitute indirect questions in Longhui dialect.The last Chapter is the conclusion, summarizes the main points and the innovation of this article, and put forward the deficiencies and prospect of this research.