自称代词“某”形成原因试析

Analysis on the Form of the First Personal Pronoun

学术界通常认为“某”的自称代词用法是由于避讳而形成。笔者以为,唐代自称代词“某”由魏晋时期指代不确定人称的“某”发展而来。“某”自称用法的形成,实际上是一种由泛指向确指的转变,这恰恰适应了汉语表达精密化的需要,反映了汉语无定范畴和有定范畴即对立又统一的辨正关系。元代以后受语言经济规则和明晰规则的制约,自称代词“某”逐渐消失。

Academic society used to think that '某' is the first personal pronoun because people want to avoid something, but in fact, in Wei Jin Dynasty,'某'could be a second or third personal pronoun, that is the headwaters. That embodied the transformation between someone unknown and someone that is specified. After Yuan Dynasty, because of the economic regulation and transparent regulation, the first personal pronoun '某'gradually disappeared .