“说”字音义考

An Investigation into the Rhyme and Meaning of Shuo(说)

“说”字四种读音:说s-thod、说(脱)thod、说(税)s-thod-s、说(悦)jod关系密切。脱thod与税s-thod-s通过说s-thod字联系起来,脱thod与说s-thod都是入声字,后者多了个构词前缀s-,从而具有动词的指向标记。及物动词(说)税s-thod-s由说s-thod加上构词后缀-s而形成,声调从入声变成去声。悦jod和说s-thod-s之间构成自动和使动关系。

＂Shuo （说）＂has four sounds：说 s-thod,说（脱） thod, 说（税） s-thod-s, 说（悦） jod. Their basic structures of syllables are the same. 脱thod and税 s-thod-s are connected with 说 s-thod, and 脱 thod and 说 s-thod are Rusheng （入声）. The latter has a prefix s-, making it have the direction marking. And 说 s-thod pluses a suffix-s becomes the transitive verb 说（税） s-thod-s, while Rusheng （入声） becomes Qusheng （去声）. So there are Autonomous and Causative relations between （悦） jod and 说 s-thod-s.