On Morphological Analysis of the Cardinal Numerals of Local Dialects in Jintang
This article discusses the morphological characteristics of cardinal numerals in three local di-alects of Jintang,and analyses their numeral forms through comparison with the common Zang language.The cardinal numerals integers from'one'to'one hundred'are first described.Judging from the mor-phological characteristics of numerals,each dialect has its own characteristics.There are three distinctive features:(1)'one'to'five'in the Lianghekou dialect have syllables that precede the lexical root of the numeral;(2)the Changxu dialect has'one'as a single numeral and'one'as a morpheme in other numerals;(3)'21'to'29'in the Changxu dialect are trisyllabic forms lacking the connecting mor-phemes.
local dialects in Jintangdialects in Khamcardinal numerallexical rootsound corre-spondence