西夏语缀词sji^(2)补论

Complement of Suffix sji^(2) in Tangut Language

根据此前的研究,西夏语“■”sji^(2)的主要功能包括三个方面:一是作为名物化助词(后缀),二是作为已行体标志,三是作为语气范畴标志。后两个方面的研究目前尚纠缠在一起。在较晚整理的《同音》丁种本背注中,该词被解释为“断章句”。以此为出发点重新检索文献资料,可以将此前看作已行体标志的例子划分出两类:一类是有时间参照点,一类是无时间参照点。无时间参照点的用例可与“断章句”的解释吻合,它或出现于复句的前一子句末尾,或出现在一个完整句子的末尾,分别表示不同的语气;有时间参照点的例子都可以划归名化助词。经过这样的划分,西夏语“■”sji^(2)不再具有已行体标志这样的功能。

According to previous studies,the main functions of sji^(2) in Tangut language include three aspects:one is as a nominalization suffix,the other is as the perfect marker,and the third is as a modality marker.The research on perfect markers and modality categories is still overlapping.In the notes on the back of the D-type edition of tongyin,a Xixia dictionary,the word sji^(2) was interpreted as"breaking of chapter and sentence".According to this explanation,we searched the corpus again,and found that Examples previously regarded as aspect marking can be divided into two categories:one is with a certain time reference point,and the other is without anytime reference point.sji^(2) in the example of no time reference point can match the explanation of"breaking of chapter and sentence"and usually appears at the end of the previous clause of a complex sentence or at the end of a complete sentence,indicating different moods respectively.Then it can be regarded as a nominalization suffix in the example with a certain time reference point.Therefore,the Xixia language sji^(2) no longer has the function of acting as the aspect marking.