侗语代词界定和分类调整研究

Pronouns of the Dong Language: Definition and Category Adjustment

侗语代词传统上分为人称、指示和疑问三大类,在实地田野调查和搜集整理相关语料的基础上,对侗语代词进行更为全面的描写和研究。首先从人称代词、指示代词、疑问代词三个分类角度分别描写侗语代词的语音形式、语义特征、语法特点,并将其和侗台语其他语言的相应词类进行比较,系统分析侗语代词的功能作用。其次,从语用和认知的角度考察了侗语人称代词的单复数问题以及指示代词、疑问代词的灵活运用现象。最后结合非语言本体研究,探讨代词在词类划分中的作用和地位问题,对其重新界定和分类提出了自己的新看法,将侗语代词分为有定代词、无定代词、指示词三大类。

Traditionally the pronouns of the Dong language can be divided into personal, deictic and interrogative ones. Based on field work and relevant literature, this paper makes a more comprehensive description and study on them. First, they are described in terms of phonetic forms, semantic features and grammatical traits, and compared with corresponding word classes of other Dong - Tai language family, yielding a systematic analysis of their functions. Second, they are studied from pragmatic and cognitive angles in terms of plurality vs. singularity as well as flexible usages concerned. Finally, a new definition together with adjusted classification is formulated. The Dong pronouns are divided into definite, indefinite and deictic ones.