文山苗语同汉语形修名语序的比较

Comparison of Adjective-Modify-Noun Word Order Between Chinese and Miao Language

形修名语序主要是指形容词修饰名词所构成的定中结构。汉语的定中结构都是"形容词+名词"的语序,比如"红花""蓝蓝的天"等。调查发现在文山苗语当中形修名语序表现了不同于汉语的特点,一般有"名+形"式和"形+名"式两种不同形式,并且在语法、语义、语用等方面有各自的特点。该文分析了这种特殊的语序类型,并通过和汉语的对比找出文山苗语形修名语序的特点。

Two word orders, the noun-adjeetive and adjeetive-noun, means the structure of adjectives modify nouns. In Chinese this structure is “Adj＋N”, for example,“H＆#243;nghuā”“L＆#225;ntiān”. But In the author＆#39;s investigation, there are two different orders in Wenshan Miao Language, which are“Adj＋N”and“N＋Adj”. They are different from Chinese in grammer and semantic. The author attempts to analyze this special structure, and compares with Chinese to ifnd out the characteristics of Wenshan Miao Language.