湖北随州方言小称词缀“娃儿”“娃子”

The Diminutive Suffixes“Waer”“Wazi”in the Dialect of Suizhou,Hubei province

随州方言小称词缀“娃儿”“娃子”的分布状态大致相同,都可以放在人、动词、植物、家居用品等名词后面;两者的区别主要体现在搭配能力、语法化程度、感情色彩等方面。另外,通过跨方言的比较可知,随州方言小称词缀“娃儿”“娃子”在演变与使用过程中既遵循了小称词缀演变的一般规律,同时又受地域文化的影响而保有自身的独特性。

The distribution of the diminutive suffixes"Waer"and"Wazi"in Suizhou dialect are roughly the same,which can be placed behind nouns such as people,verbs,plants and daily necessities.The differences between the two are mainly reflected in the ability to match,degree of grammaticalization,emotional color and so on.In addition,through the cross-dialect comparison,it can be seen that the evolution and use of"Waer"and"Wazi"in Suizhou dialect not only follow the general law of the evolution of the diminutive suffix,but also retains its own uniqueness under the influence of regional culture.