Journal of Chaohu University ›› 2022, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 9-15+31.doi: 10.12152/j.issn.1672-2868.2022.04.002

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“[Kəʔ]” question in Chaohu dialect

WANG Chun:School of Liberal Arts, Huaibei Normal University   

  1. School of Liberal Arts, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei Anhui 235000
  • Received:2022-03-14 Online:2022-07-25 Published:2022-10-31

Abstract: "[K??]" question is a sentence pattern commonly used to express doubt in Chaohu dialect. "[K??]" questions in Chaohu dialect can be divided into three categories: "[K??]VP", "[K??] 是 NP" and "[K??] 是 VP". "[K??]" questions can also express different tenses by co-occurrence with different tense and aspect auxiliary words. As for the nature of "[K??]" questions, we conclude that, "[K??]VP" sentence pattern in Chaohu dialect has a double corresponding relationship with neutral repeated questions and neutral yes or no questions in Putonghua. "[K??]是NP" has a corresponding relationship with neutral repeated questions in Putonghua; "[K??]是 VP" has a double corresponding relationship with tendency repeated questions and "是不是"(yes or no)questions in Putonghua.

Key words: "[K??]", interrogative adverbs, tense and aspect auxiliary words, nature

CLC Number: 

  • H172.4