副词“很”的形成考

Study on the Formation of"Hen(很)"

现代汉语副词"很"经历了由实词向虚词转化的发展变化过程。先秦时期,"很"作为实词"不听从"义项出现,汉代"很"的"凶狠"义项开始萌芽,"很"的副词义项出现较晚,元代初露端倪,清代日渐兴盛。"很"的义项由实到虚的发展轨迹,与其句法位置有着密切关系。

The adverb"hen(很)"in modern Chinese language went through a transformation process from a content word to a empty word.The refusal meaning of"hen(很)"as a content word appears in pre-Qin period. The ferocious meaning of"hen(很)"was in its"infancy"in Han Dynasty.The adverb"hen(很)"is a comparatively new meaning.The adverb"hen(很)"primitively appeared in Yuan Dynasty,and gradually grew in Qing Dynasty.The development of"hen(很)"is related to its syntactic position.