A Study of Structural Particles of Wenshan White Hmong Language
The structural particles in Wenshan White Hmong dialect have versatility,and the structural particle ni44 has multiple syntactic functions such as attributive markers,adverbial markers,complement markers,topic markers,etc.Quantifiers are evolving towards attributive markers,in which there are some obvious syntax paths:quantifier → demonstrative pro-noun → possessive attributive markers → restrictive attributive markers/modifier attributive markers.The structural particle ni44 and its syntactic structure and grammatical function are borrowed from Chinese and influenced by Chinese language,which are the innovation triggered by language contact.Structural particles produced after the differentiation of dialects have no homologous relationship,which comes later.The word order of Hmong language is evolving towards the same direction as that of Mandarin Chinese.
Wenshan White Hmong dialectstructural particlesversatilitygrammaticalizationlanguage contact
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