Type Analysis of"VVP"Positive and Negative Questions in Zhaoyuan Dialect
In the"VP-neg-VP"of the Shandong dialect,there exists a variant,namely the"VVP"of Zhaoyuan dialect.It mainly means"before it happens",which is equivalent to"VP bu(不)VP"in Mandarin.When answering,the positive type uses"VP"and the negative type generally uses"bu(不)VP".The"VVP"type of positive and negative questions belongs to the fusion of"V-neg-VP",which is formed by merging the tone of the negative word into the tone of the previous syllable"V",instead of using the verb overlap form to express positive and negative questions.At the same time,there is still the"V-neg-VP"type in Zhaoyuan and other places,especially in the new dialect."V-neg-VP"represents the development trend of positive and negative questions in Zhaoyuan dialect and even in the Shandong dialect.
positive and negative questionsZhaoyuan dialect"VVP"type analysisclassificatic distribution