米脂方言话题标记“嘇”

Topic Marker “San” of Mizhi Dialect

米脂方言话题标记"嘇"可以引导论元共指性话题、语域式话题、拷贝式话题及分句式话题。从语用的角度来看,米脂方言话题标记"嘇"不仅具有引入话题、强调和对比功能,而且具有连贯衔接、假设衔接和人际功能。通过对米脂方言中"嘇"的其他用法的考察,并结合已有的研究成果,认为米脂方言话题标记"嘇"由本方言中语气词"嘇"逐渐虚化而来。

Topic marker"san"guides the topic type which includes argument co-referential topic,register topic,copy topic and clause topic according to the semantic relationship between topic and comment.From a pragmatic point of view,the topic marker"san"has the function of introducing topics,emphasis,comparision,coherent cohesion,hypothetical cohesion and interperson.The author found that the evolution of topic marker"san"is from modal particle"san"in the local dialect.