吴语东阳话量词的定指和不定指功能--兼论“准指示词类型”的再分化

On(In)Definiteness Marking of Classifiers in Dongyang Dialect of Wu Chinese:With a Special Reference to Re-differentiation of“Quasi-demonstrative Types”

南部吴语东阳话的量词在"量名"短语和独用时具有标识有定和无定语义特征的功能。东阳话的定指量词属于"中性-准指示词型"定指标记,而非"距离-准指示词型",其有定量名短语和有定量词独用分别体现了指示形容词和指示代词这两种用法。东阳话的不定量词则应分析为类似英语sm的量化词,而非不定冠词,这样能够解释无定量名和无定量词独用的情况。无定量词和有定量词是一组平行发展的句法概念。

The classifiers in Dongyang dialect of Wu Chinese serve the function of marking definite and indefinite noun phrases,as in“Cl+N”or bare classifier phrases.It is concluded that the apparent definite classifiers in Dongyang dialect should be analyzed as the“neutral quasi-demonstrative”,rather than the“quasi-demonstrative with a distinction of distance”.Specifically,definite classifiers are featured with both determiners and pronominal usages.As a consequence,indefiniteness-marking classifiers in Dongyang dialect should be analyzed as quantifiers rather than indefinite articles,which are comparable to the word some in English.This can readily explain the peculiarities of indefinite classifiers in Cl-N and in bare classifier phrases.