The Modal Particle"Ke"(可)at the End of a Sentence in Gaoping Dialect of Jin Dialect
"Ke"(可)is a conjunction and adverb in putonghua,while in Gaoping dialect can be used as a mood words at the end of a sentence,it reads[khə22]and can only be used at the end of declarative sentences.its core semantics is to enforce confirmation,that is,mainly reinforce the conviction of facts and tone.This paper gives a detailed description of the forms,core semantics,pragmatic functions and evolution of"ke"(可).We use the method of geographical linguistics to investigate the geographical distribution and differences of"ke"(可)in other dialects of Jin dialect and part of central plain mandarin.And put forward the general character of implication.