A Study Of Pronouns In Xupu (Lu Feng) Dialect In Hunan

The research object of this paper is the pronoun system of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.On the basis of a large number of dialect corpus and literature,this paper follows the research methods of combining description and explanation,synchronic and diachronic,and form and meaning.This paper comprehensively uses historical linguistics,systemic functional linguistics,descriptive linguistics and other related theories to analyze the personal pronoun,demonstrative pronoun and interrogative pronoun system of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.Taking Big Triangle Theory and Small Triangle Theory as the research ideas of dialect comparison,this paper compares the pronoun systems of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect with Changsha and Loudi dialects,it also probes into the similarities and differences of the pronoun systems of the three dialects,so as to enrich the research content of Xiang Dialect pronouns.The paper is divided into six chapters.The first chapter is the introduction.Firstly,it mainly introduces the general situation of Xupu’s human geography and the phonological system of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.Secondly,it summarizes the research status and significance of Xiang dialect pronouns and Xupu dialect pronouns.Finally,it explains the research content,research methods,corpus source and style of the paper.The second chapter is the personal pronouns of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.Firstly,the personal pronoun system of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect is briefly summarized and classified.Secondly,under the guidance of three-dimensional grammar theory,the usage and meaning of three personal pronouns and non-three-personal pronouns in Xupu(Lufeng)dialect are described and analyzed in detail.Finally,the personal pronoun systems of Xupu(Lufeng),Changsha and Loudi are compared in the form of tables.The third chapter is the demonstrative pronouns of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.Firstly,it is clear that the demonstrative pronouns of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect is a dichotomy system,divided into this and that.Secondly,according to the different objects of reference,the demonstrative pronoun system is classified and described from three aspects of semantics,grammar and pragmatics.Finally,the Xupu(Lufeng)dialect,Changsha dialect and Loudi dialect are compared in three respects: the division of the demonstrative pronoun system,the conformity degree of the implication and commonality and the characteristics of the demonstrative pronouns.The fourth chapter is the interrogative pronoun of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.First of all,it summarizes the characteristics of interrogative pronoun system,and divides it into seven categories according to the different interrogative objects.Secondly,it describes and explains the interrogative usage of seven basic interrogative pronouns in Xupu(Lufeng)Dialect in detail.Finally,it focuses on the analysis of the similarities and differences in the referential ability,morphological mode and historical characteristics between the interrogative pronouns in the Xupu(Lufeng)dialect,Changsha dialect and Loudi dialect.The fifth chapter is the characteristic pronouns of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect.Firstly,the grammatical function and syntactic distribution of the plural marker "Qijia" of personal pronoun in Xupu(Lufeng)dialect are investigated in detail,the nature of "Qijia" is defined,Explain the language source of "Qijia" from a diachronic perspective,and predict its development and evolution.Secondly,the multiple grammaticalization paths of demonstrative pronoun "Ge" are sorted out,and the internal mechanism of grammaticalization evolution of "Ge" is pointed out.At last,the non-doubt usage of the interrogative pronoun "Mege" is discussed,and the relationship between interrogativeness and negativity of "Mege" is emphatically analyzed.The sixth chapter is the conclusion.This paper summarizes the main rules and characteristics of Xupu(Lufeng)dialect pronoun system,and points out the shortcomings of the paper.