J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3): 44-50.
纳西语四音格词按照音节语音结构关系，可以分为AABB、ABAB、AABC、ABAC、ABCB、ABCC、ABCD七种类型,，韵律结构以第一、三音节双声叠韵和第二、四音节叠韵为主。声调配置形式多样，最丰富的为AABB式，有八种，AABB、ABAC和ABCB三种形式有四个音节全部同调的现象，七个类型均无四个音节全部异调的情况。
The tetrasyllable words in Naxi language would be divided into seven forms based on the overlapping relationship of syllables, which are AABB, ABAB, AABC, ABAC, ABCB, ABCB, ABCC, and ABCD. The main structures of the rhythm are alliterative compounds and rhyming compounds of the first syllable and the third, the rhyming compounds of the second syllable and the fourth. There are many styles of the tones-allocation in tetrasyllable; the most abundant is in the form of AABB, which contains eight styles. And there are four syllables in the same tone in the following forms (AABB, ABAC and ABCB). None of these seven forms has the situation that all of the four syllables are totally in different tones.
