广州话是非问句研究

广州话疑问语调与语气助词的关系是前者影响后者调值的改变,而非前者趋同于后者。因此,广州话中真正负载疑问功能,能称得上疑问语气助词的只有6个;是非问句中的疑问语调除了高升调外,还有一个低平语调,前者主要表达诧异、疑惑的语气,后者负载着表示求证的疑问信息。本文还对广州话是非问句系统的功能类别作了分析,并与普通话是非问句系统作了比较。

The Study of the Cantonese Yes-No Questions

The relation between interrogative tone of Cantonese and auxiliary word of mood has long not been clearly established.This study demonstrates that it is not the former that tends similarly to the later,but the former affects the change of the tone pitch of the later.Therefore,there are only six true auxiliary words of interrogative mood baring the interrogative function in Cantonese;what's more,there also exsits a low-flat tone in Cantonese yes-no questions except a high rising tone.The later is used to express the mood of surprise and doubt,while the former carries the seek-to-be-proved interrogative information.Besides,the study also analyses the function category in the system of Cantonese yes-no questions and compares it with the system of mandarin yes-no questions.