竹林書局改編臺灣早期閩南語歌仔冊之詞彙觀察

A Survey of the Lexical Content of the Early Taiwanese Editions of Kua-A-Tsheh Revised by the Zhulin Bookstore

筆者曾觀察《僥倖錢開食了歌》中的九個版本，並透過幾個層面的分析，將它分為三個不同的演變時期。第一期是大陸出版的歌仔冊，第二期是臺灣早期出版的歌仔冊，第三期則是竹林書局出版發行的。這三個時期的分野是否透露出整個歌仔冊詞彙和漢字在歷史發展上的分期，是值得進一步考察的。然而要進行歌仔冊的歷時研究，並作為論述語言演變的基幹，筆者認為，可以先對時代確定的歌仔冊版本，進行短時段的、專地的研究，避免雜採異地資料。因此本文嘗試先在語料上縮小時間空間跨度，專就竹林書局與臺灣早期出版的歌仔冊，在詞彙上作一比較，以找出其演變的規律或類型，進而有助於界定歌仔冊詞彙的發展史。此外，前後期的竹林本其改編舊有歌仔冊的情形也不盡相同，本文將一併探討。

I have observed that the nine different editions of ”Hiau-Hing-Tsinn-Khai-Tsiah- Liau-Kua” 僥倖錢開食了歌 can be chronologically categorized into three major periods. The first and earliest period consists of the Kua-A-Tsheh 歌仔冊 published on the mainland. The second includes the Kua-A-Tsheh published thereafter in Taiwan, and the final period is of the Kua-A-Tsheh later published by the Zhulin Bookstore 竹林書局. It is worth investigating whether the differences in characters and lexicon between these three periods are historically representative of the Kua-A-Tsheh developmental stages.Prior to discussing such linguistic evolution, I believe we can first narrow down our study of the Kua-A- Tsheh to the dated editions from one specific location, in order to avoid confusion between the materials. The present paper will examine the linguistic material of both the Zhulin Bookstore's revisions and the early Taiwanese editions, thus reducing time and space, and then conduct a comparison of their lexical content. Such analysis is vital for understanding lexical evolution, identifying patterns within the evolution, and finally defining the historical development of the Kua-A-Tsheh. The present study will also take into consideration the early and late revisions of the Zhulin editions, as they are not entirely similar.