量词“头”用法的跨方言分布及其源流研究

A Study of Usage and Distribution of Classifier Tou(头)in Chinese Dialects

汉语方言中,量词“头”用法十分复杂,它可以称量动物、人、植物等有生物,也可以称量无生物和抽象物,甚至在有些方言中发展成了通用量词。称量动物的“头”在跨方言分布中形成了不同的方言类型,并呈现出具有蕴含关系的连续统模式。量词“头”用法的方言共时分布不仅是历史各个时期“头”用法在方言中的继承而且是方言自身不断发展演变的结果。

things.What’s more,it has developed into a universal classifier in some dialects.The classifier Tou(头)of measuring animals forms different dialect types in the cross-dialect distribution and presents a continuum model with implication relation.The synchronic distribution of the classifier Tou(头)in dialects is not only the inheritance of the usage of Tou(头)in various historical periods,but also the result of the continuous development and evolution of dialects themselves.