“本来”的语法化

The Grammaticalizationof Benlai

文章试着从共时与历时的角度对"本来"进行全方面考察,认为"本来"在现代汉语中只有两种词性,这是"本来"一千多年来语法化的结果。"本来"在汉语中共时层面上的分布,非常完美地再现了它的语法化过程。

This paper mainly discusses the word benlai, arguing that it is a noun or an adverb, and that it is a result of the grammatical- ization of benlai. The distribution of benlai in modem Chinese is a perfect reappearance of the process of its grammaticalization.