汝城话中表方位的后缀na■^(44)

On the Orientation Suffix[na■^(44)] in Rucheng Dialect

汝城话的后缀na■^(44)具有"上"、"里"、"中"等方位义,可以附加在代词以及表空间和时间的名词后。本文从四个方面对这个后缀作了分析:(1)na■^(44)的语法功能;(2)na■^(44)语义的模糊性;(3)na■^(44)与苏州话lā^(-55)的比较;(4)na■^(44)的嬗变。

In Rucheng Dialect,the orientation suffix[na■^(44),meaning above,inner,middle, etc,can be used after pronouns and nouns of time and place.This paper analyses the suffix in the following four aspects:1) its grammatical functions;2) its semantic ambiguity;3) the comparison between it and [lā^(-55)] in Su Zhou dialect;and 4) some changes of it.