A Study On Single Syllable Modal Particle In Quwo Dialect

In this paper, I will take the single syllable modal particles as theresearch object in dialect words of Quwo county and analysis itsideographic functions and pragmatic environment in order to describethe usage of single syllable modal particles in dialect words of Quwocounty comprehensively and carefully, and try my best to promote thebasic study of Quwo dialect’s grammar.This thesis is divided into five chapters:The first chapter: introduction. Firstly, to introduce the geographyoverview and the basic features of local dialect in Quwo county.Secondly, to chiefly summarize the research achievements of modernChinese common language and Chinese dialect, and then indicateresearch gaps of Quwo county’s dialect modal. Finally, to introducethe research purpose, meanings, respondents and the sources of thisarticle.The second chapter: several problems of the relevant modal study. Iwill clarify the relationship between mood, modal particle and themodal particles system. Then define the affiliation and judgmentstandard of modal particles, definite the study range of modal particleand lay the foundation of modal particles’ study in the following context.The third Chapter: the classification study of dialect’s singlesyllable modal particles in Quwo county. Chapters III and IV arecentral issues that would be discussed in this article. This chapterwill analysis the single syllable modal particles of Quwo county’sdialect from the perspective of total time. According to the currentlyavailable materials, there are eighteen single syllable modalparticles in Quwo county’s dialect. In accordance with the tonemeaning of Quwo county’s dialect modal and modern researchachievement of dialect modal, these modal particles are divided intothree types: temporal modal particle, modality particle, interrogativemodal particle. Among them, temporal modal particle includes“唻[lai0]”,“啦[la0]”,“嘞1[lei0]”,“的[tei0]”,“也[ia0]”,“�'�1[lau0]”, modalityparticle includes “�'�2[lau0]”,“嘞2[lei0]”,“噢[au31]”,“着[ts0]”,“嚜[m0]”,“憾[x31]”,“吧1[ba0]”,“啊1[a0]”, and interrogative modal particle includes“吧2[ba0]”“啊2[a0]”“嘞3[lei0]”“吗[ma0]”. On this basis, we adopt theway of comparison between modal particles of Quwu dialect and thatof mandarin. Besides, in the modal system of Quwo dialect, severalmodal particles have similar meaning. So, we contrast the sentencelocation, language environment and the degree of tone meaning, andthen reveal the usage difference.The fourth chapter: syntactic distribution and conjunction ofQuwo county’s dialect particles. The distribution there meanssyntactic distribution which include the middle of sentence and endof the sentence. All the Quwo county’s dialect particles can appear atthe end of the sentence, at the same time, some of them can alsoappear in the middle of sentence(between the parts of the sentence, In the sentence between clauses). Through the list, we analysis thetone combination which means used in series, and conclude theusage of Quwo county’s dialect particles (include the conjunction oftwo or three single syllable). In the end, I will give some samples ofthe context that conjunction may appear in.The fifth chapter: conclusion. I will summarize the features ofsingle particles in Quwo county’s dialect, indicate the shortcomingsof this study, and put forward suggestions and directions for thefurther improvement of Quwo county’s dialect particles research.