敦煌变文中“可”的特殊用法与晋方言的契合

The Special Usage of “Ke(可)” in Dunhuang Narrative Literature and Its Accordance with Jin Dialect

文章通过对敦煌变文P2418号《佛说父母恩重经讲经文》(以下简称《讲经文》)中,4处"可"字特殊用法的分析,并结合笔者母语宁武方言中副词"可"既可表程度加强,亦可表程度减轻的语言现象,最终认为《讲经文》4处"可"字特殊用法皆表程度减轻,且由表程度加强发展而来。"可"的这种特殊用法在现代汉语方言晋语区中得以保留。

The paper analyzes the special usage of four“Ke(可)”characters in the Dunhuang narrative literature P2418“Buddha Saying Parents’Essays”(hereinafter referred to as“Sutra Expounding Text”),and relates the function of“ke(可)”in author’s mother tongue--Ningwu dialect,where the adverb“ke(可)”can enhance certain degree in a sentence,and vice-versa.In the end,it is considered that the special usage of the four words“ke(可)”in the“Sutra Expounding Text”is for reducing degree,and this usage was evolved from enhancing.This special usage of“ke(可)”is preserved in Jin area in modern Chinese dialect.