On The Usage Of Plural Signs In The LanguagesOf Chinese Minoritie-The Uzbek Plural Sign―-Lar‖

摘要

Since the 1960s, many scholars have noticed that the plural symbol ―men‖ in Chinese can refer to people as well as things. The first meaningis mainly found in the Gansu and Qinghai regions. Hebei and Shandong were also reported this kind of usage. Many scholars believe that the plural sign―men‖ as to things is actually affected by the Altai language. So far, scholars have had more static descriptions of ―men‖ in a single area, but their specificresearch on Altai language is relatively limited. They mentioned that these dialects were influenced by the Altai language, but they did not suggest whichaspects specifically and the results under this influence. We mainly examine the co-occurrence of Uzbek language plural signs with proper nouns,countable nouns, and abstract nouns in China.