略论白语四音格词

On Four-Syllable Words in the Bai Language

四音格词是汉藏语系普遍存在的一种语言构词方式,作为汉藏语系藏缅语族中的一支,白语中也有非常丰富的四音格词。白语四音格词的特点如下:结构具有对称美,语言意义有映衬美,语义还有可感知美。和汉藏语系的其他语言一样,白语四音格词也有羡余成分,在白语四音格词的构词中,羡余起着非常重要的作用。

Four-syllable words are a common word form in Sino-Tibetan languages. Being one of the Tibetan-Burmese languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family,the Bai language has abundant four-syllable words too. The characteristics of the four-syllabic words in the Bai language are as follows:the structure has the beauty of symmetry,the language meaning has the beauty of reflection,and the semantics has the beauty of perception. In addition,like other languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family,the Bai language also has the feature of redundancy which plays a key role in the formation of the four-syllable words.