上虞方言的形容词“多”

The Adjective “Duo”in Shangyu Dialect

上虞方言的形容词"多",可以充当前置状语或后置补语,构成"多VP、VP多、多VP多"三种结构,表示"数量大、超过一定的量、过分和没必要"三个义项。这些义项的表达,受制于心理预期、句式、V及V后词语的性质等因素。

The adjective duo( 多) in Shangyu dialect serves as a preposed adverbial or a postposed complement in a sentence,constituting three structures'duo + VP,VP + duo and duo + VP + duo',respectively expressing three senses,namely,'a large number or amount','over a certain number or amount'or'excessive and unnecessary'. The expression of these meanings is subject to psychological expectations,sentence patterns and the property of the verb and the words after the verb.