湖南汨罗方言前置话题标记“箇”及其来源

On the Pre-condition Topic Marker [ko■]箇 and Its Origin in Miluo Dialect,Hu'nan Province

湖南汨罗方言话题标记"箇"常出现在句首,标记其后的语法成分为话题。"箇"引入的话题成分可以是体词、谓词、介词短语,甚至是小句。"箇"用作话题标记具有普遍性和强制性。"箇"除用作话题标记之外,还用作指中词。用作话题标记时,"箇"已经不同于其用作指中词的句法和意义。"箇"正由指中词向话题标记演变。

[ko■]箇 in Miluo dialect, Hu' nan province often situates at the beginning of a sentence, indicating the topicality of its subsequent element, which can be a noun phrase, a verb phrase, a preposition phrase or a clause. It is obligatory in marking topics. [ko■] 箇can also functions as a demonstrative indicating a neutral distance, which is different in syntax and meaning. The topic marker is derived from a demonstrative indicating a neutral distance.