本文考察甘沟话与语序相关的句法表现,并与土族语、藏语比较,总结归纳其语序类型特征。在16条与语序类型有关的参项中,甘沟话比普通话和周边的方言点(如西宁话、唐汪话)具有更多、更典型的动词居末(verb-final)特征,与土族语和藏语几乎完全同构。
Gangou is a township of Minhe Hui and Monguor County in Qinghai Province, where Chinese dialect is in close contact with Monguor language and Amdo Tibetan. Gangou dialect as a Chinese dialect has a series of characteristics of Altai or Tibetan languages in terms of grammar. Among the 16 word order correlation pairs, this study found that 15 of them in Gangou Chinese demonstrate a strong correlation with verb-final languages, such as O--V, predicate-copula, NP-article, NP-adpostion, standard of comparison-adj., final adverbial subordinator, etc. Comparing with nearby languages such as Xi'ning dialect and Tangwang dialect, Gangou Chinese has a more typical structure similar to that of Monguor language and Amdo Tibetan. In this geographic area it is believed to be the result of language contacts.