语言的演化与“语法化”

Language Evolution and Grammaticalization

语言作为一种现象系统在共时上看是相对固定的,而在历时上是演化的,可以理解为是一套形成并沿革的"惯例"。借用生物学的核心概念和基本思想,构建语言演化的分析框架,从语言演化的视角探究语言的性质、形成机制、演变过程,并运用该分析框架探讨"语法化"问题。

From a synchronic point of view, language as a system remains relatively stable; but from a diachronic point of view, language is a routine in constant emergence and evolution. In the light of the core concepts and basic ideas in biology, this paper attempts to construct the analytical framework of language evolution. It probes into the nature of language, its evolutionary mechanism and its process of evolution. Moreover, it resorts to the analytical framework to discuss the issue of ＂grammaticalization＂.