西部裕固语、古代突厥语的逆序数词及其组合语义  

Ordinal Numerals in Reversed Order and Their Compositional Meanings in Modern Western Yugur Language and Old Turkic Language

作　　者：贺川生[1] HE Chuan-sheng(College of Foreign Languages,Hurtan University,Changsha,Hunan 410082)

机构地区：[1]湖南大学外国语学院,湖南长沙410082

出　　处：《中央民族大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》2018年第6期161-168,共8页Journal of Minzu University of China(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)

基　　金：国家社科基金一般项目"中国境内语言数词系统句法语义界面研究"(项目编号:16BYY181)阶段性成果

摘　　要：逆序计数是古老的计数形式,反映了先民的原始数学思维。类型学上逆序计数只在少数几种语言中发现,其中包括甘肃境内西部裕固语以及它的祖先古代突厥语。大量事实表明西部裕固语中的逆序数词和古代突厥语逆序数词存在历史继承关系,并且突厥语言几个特殊的十位数数词词源来源于突厥民族关于畜群数量的概念,然后才独立形成数目的概念。这种观点既有跨语言的佐证同时也能体现出语义组合性原则。Counting in reversed order is an old counting form, reflecting the primitive mathematical thinking of the ancient people. In Typology, counting in reversed order is only found in a few languages including Modern Western Yugur language and its ancestor, Old Turkic language. Evidences show that the numerals in reversed order in Modern Western Yugur can be traced back to those in Old Turkic language. Besides, several special ten digit numerals in Turkic language were originated from ancient Turkic people＇s conception of the size of cattle and later were evolved into the concept of pure numbers. It is argued that this opinion is not only supported by cross-linguistic evidence but also is in compliance with semantic compositionality.

关 键 词：西部裕固语 古代突厥语 逆序数词 

分 类 号：H235[语言文字—少数民族语言]