一个濒于消亡的主观性标记词——想是

Xiangshi as a subjectivity marker on the brink of disappearance

"想是"作为一个主观性标记词在近代汉语中一度比较活跃。到现代汉语阶段以后,由于多方面因素的影响,它日趋式微,现在已濒于消亡。本文主要从历时和共时两个角度考察、分析"想是"产生、发展乃至趋向消亡的过程与原因。文章最后指出,"想是"濒临消亡是语言系统为适应表达需要而产生的一种自我调节现象。

Xiangshi (想是) as a subjectivity marker had been extensively used in Pre-Modern Chinese. Its usage however has been on the decline,almost on the brink of disappearance in Modern Chinese. This paper investigates the evolutionary process of xiangshi from its birth to its peak and to the decline,in both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. It is argued that the process xiangshi has gone through is a natural result of language self-adaptation and readjustment.