A Monographic Study On The Grammar Of Zhuji Fengqiao Wu Dialect

Zhuji is located in the north-central of Zhejiang. Zhuji dialect is belong to the Linshao small plate in Taihu plate of Wu dialect and is in the intersection of south and north Wu diaclect. Fengqiao is located in the north of Zhuji. Fengqiao dialect is different from other dialect in Zhuji, so it has great value of language research. However, it doesn’t have sufficient research.The dissertation is to study four characteristic grammar items in Zhuji Fengqiao dialect. Based on the synchronic description, we try to find the grammatical meaning of grammar phenomenon. Some chapters try to make diachronic investigation compared with ancient Chinese and modern Chinese, make synchronic investigation compared with mandarin and Chinese dialect in China, make cross-language and cross-dialect investigation compared with minority languages and overseas Chinese dialects.Chapter 1 is a preliminary introduction to the geography, history, population of Zhuji Fengqiao. Department of dialect, relevant studies, phonetic system as well as research methodology are also included in this part.Chapter 2 is especially devoted to the discussion of personal pronoun, demonstrative pronoun and interrogative pronoun. Besides, we also describe the special grammatical functions and source of some pronouns. For example, prefix “shi(是)” can be added to three personal pronoun and demonstrative pronoun has three sets of systems.Chapter 3 concentrates on the analysis of six “lai(来)”, namely “lai0(来0)” as trend verb, “lai1(来1)” as existential verb, “lai2(来2)” as approximate particle, “lai4(来3)” as modal particle, “lai5(来4)” as particle of tense and aspect, and “lai6 de/dong(来5的/东)”. And we discuss the relevance of them. At the same time, we investigate “lai(来) + X” in the perspective of synchronic Wu dialect and discuss the internal structure and grammatical functions.Chapter 4 introduces negative words and zero negative mode. Negative words include single-morpheme negative word, portmanteau word and compound negative word. Two zero negative modes are “V/A(+P) + Cl + N” and “you(有)(+P) + Cl + N + hao(好) +V/A”. We analyze every parts and discuss the original meaning, base type, and negative types.Chapter 5 studies eleven grammatical conditions, semantic features and definiteness of “classifier + noun”. We also investigate all classifiers thoroughly and believe the reason of “classifier + noun” is “omit statement”. In addition, we make a diachronic and synchronic research.Chapter 6 is a conclusion and a discussion about shortcomings.