宁波慈城堕民暗语探析

An Analysis of Ningbo(宁波) Cicheng(慈城) Duomin’s(堕民) Jargon

堕民是明清以来生活在江浙一带的特殊贱民。过去有关堕民的史料记载和研究论著都没有涉及堕民的特殊语言。文章从横向比较和纵向溯源两个角度探讨了宁波慈城堕民暗语的词形特征和语义构成。

Duomin（堕民） are the special kind of doggery people who have been living in the area of Jiangsu（江苏） and Zhejiang（浙江） provinces since Ming（明） and Qing（清） Dynasties. The former historical data and the research on Duomin（堕民） seldom touched upon their special language. This paper discusses the characteristics of morphology and the semantic constitution about Duomin＇s（堕民） jargon from two angles, i.e. the crosswise comparison and the longitudinal tracing to the source.