Existential Quantifier and Universal Quantifier:Two Uses of"Xie"(些)in Jiangsu Taixing Dialect
There are two usages of"Xie"(些)in Taixing dialect,"Xie1"(些1)is existential quantifier and"Xie2"(些2)is universal quantifier.The evolution from"Xie 1"(些1)to"Xie2"(些2),syntactic position,spa-tial anchoring and other factors play an important role.The"Xie"(些)in Taixing dialect has its character-istics in syntactic,semantic and pragmatic aspects,and there is an interactive relationship among them.