Abstract: Li the suffix in YuJiang dialact can be added to nouns,verbs,adjective or verb phrases to form new nouns,which functions in distinguishing things,showing the change of the part of speech of words,symbolizing small,intimacy or acts as pure symbols of nouns and so on.On the principle of usage,the suffix of Li in mouns has difference from the suffix of li in Putonghua while they share similarities.Nouns with the suffix of li cover a lot of things(nine types,including names,character,disaster and bodies of people,and their clothing,furniture and artides for use,architecture,animals and some other things).The suffix of li can also be added to adjective phrases to form a variery of vivid forms of adjectives,which has functions of indicating the change of parts of speech of words,appending comments and expanding grammatical functions and so on.li,in some special ways,can also be suffixed to single classifier,collective partial classifier,container classifier,measurable classifier and self classifier to express their grammatical meanings respectively.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Access and Citation
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot