On the compensatory functions of auxiliary words of mood in E-C translation;

The rich presence of auxiliary words of mood in Chinese and the absence of them in English is one of the many differences between the two languages.

As far as the mood system is concerned,there are abundant auxiliary words of mood in Chinese while it is lacking in English.

In Xiaogan dialect,"zai" can be used as verb,preposition,adverb,modal particle,and also appears in kinds of sentence structures,whose counterpart in Chinese mandarin is "ne".

The modal particles Nang(囔) and Lei(哩) in the dialect of Shanxian(陕县) in Henan(河南) province correspond with the particle Ne(呢) in the standard Chinese,but they are also marked with strong dialectal distinguishing features.

Zai" in Chengdu dialect is one of the most important modal particles, and there is a modal particle of "zai" in modern Chinese.

It s grammatical meaning and usages are complex,which is a structure particle in accordance with "de"(的/地/得)or a mood particle in accordance with "ne"(呢) in Putonghua in certain extent.

This paper describes commonness and individuality of question mood particles in the buddhist scriptures translated in Eastern Han Dynasty (东汉) based on investigating completely and combining them with Chinese native literature, then analyzes their use characteristics and causes of formation.

On the basis of traditional study, the authors have investigated combining forms of mood particles in ancient Chinese, and put forward three principles: the chain order from the weak to strong about evidential particles; the order from the easy to the diflicult about non\|typical particles; and non\|combining forms about mood particles of a level.

Some think it is structure auxiliary word while some believe it is mood auxiliary word.