说“月日”

On"yue ri"

本文利用古代文献和现代方言材料,从出现的时间、是否带量词等几个方面,考察了汉语较为特殊的时间单位词"月日"的使用情况,指出:(1)它最早出现的时间不晚于三国时期;(2)早期它不带量词;(3)目前部分东南方言仍在使用它。古今"月日"使用的区域有很大的关联,很可能自三国以来"月日"是东南地区的一个特色方言词语。

This essay,based on ancient literatures and modem dialectmaterials,investigates application of Chinese time unit'yue ri'in its time of emergence and use of classifier measure word.The essay points out that:(1)it appeared no latter than 'san guo' period;(2)it was used without any classifier measure word at the early stage;(3)It is still used in part southeast dialects.There are connections in districts where'yue ri'is used between ancient and modern time.It is possible that'yue ri'has been a word with southeast dialect characteristics from'San Guo'period.