A Study Of The Suffix "Duo" In Lichuan Dialect

The suffix"to"of Lichuan dialect is very special.The syntax is widely distributed,and can be combined with pronouns,nouns,and partial verbs to form an“X+to”structure.The meaning of"X+to"is rich.When X is a general nouns 0r countable nouns referring to things,“X+to”meaning plurality.When X is a personal pronoun or appellation noun,“X+to”a group meaning.When X is a polynomial‘X₁X₂’,it isenumerated.So we call‘duo’plural marks.In addition,the suffix’duo’is a modal.The‘duo’is widely distributed.The meaning is closely linked.The study of the article proceeds from the following three aspects:First,we fully describes the syntactic distribution of the“X+duo”in the Lichuan dialect,and analyzes the distribution of“duo”after pronouns,nouns,verbs,and their syntactic functions;Second,we sort out the meanings of the suffix“duo”,clarify the boundary between“duo”plural meanings,and sort out the relationship between the various meanings.Third,according to Peng xiaohui’s plural mark theory,we judge whether‘duo’is plural,thand compared with the suffix“many”.