Pronouns of Zichang Dialect in the Jin Dialect
LI Yan-mei
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LI Yan-mei
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The author of this article gives a description of the pronouns used in Zichang dialect of the Jin Dialect, which reveals that this dialect has some noticeable features in this aspect, e.g. its pronouns are rich in compound-syllabic words; its personal pronouns have certain forms of number and case; and its demonstrative pronouns of places have three-deictic functions, i.e. referring to something close, far and farther, while other deictic words have no such trichotomic distinction.
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The author of this article gives a description of the pronouns used in Zichang dialect of the Jin Dialect, which reveals that this dialect has some noticeable features in this aspect, e.g. its pronouns are rich in compound-syllabic words; its personal pronouns have certain forms of number and case; and its demonstrative pronouns of places have three-deictic functions, i.e. referring to something close, far and farther, while other deictic words have no such trichotomic distinction.
Key concepts: Deixis, Demonstrative, Linguistics, Personal pronoun, Syllabic verse, Subject pronoun, History, Philosophy