安徽岳西话的表量成分“几”

The Quantitative Component“Ji”in Yuexi Dialect of Anhui Province

安徽岳西话里存在一个较为特殊的表量成分“几”,既可以单独成词表量,也可以和其它成分组合成词表量。岳西话里的“几”除了有数词和疑问代词的用法外,还有副词的用法,相当于普通话的“多(么)”,此外还能和其他成分一起组合成“几多”“几个”“老几”等与数量相关的词语:“几多”相当于疑问代词“多少”;“几个”是表人的复数标记;“老几”是指人名词。

There is a special lexical component“Ji”in Yuexi dialect of Anhui province,which can be used either as a single lexical compo-nent or in combination with other lexical components.In addition to numerals and interrogative pronouns,“Ji”in Yuexi dialect can also be used as an adverb,which is equivalent to“Duo(mo)”in Mandarin.Meanwhile,it can be combined with other components to form quantity-related words such as“Jiduo”,“Jige”and“Laoji”.“Jiduo”corresponds to the interrogative pronoun“Duoshao”;“Jige”is the plural mark of a person;“Laoji”is a noun referring to human.