“可怜”的意义引申和语法特点

The Extended Meaning and Grammar Characteristic of the Chinese Word "kelian"

"可怜"一词在汉代产生,本意"使人同情或怜悯","可怜"语法功能活跃,可作谓语、定语、状语等成分,并可带"生"、"见"、"许"、"巴巴"等词尾。研究"可怜"的意义引申轨迹和语法特点,以期对"可怜"一词有一个整体的把握。

The word ＂kelian＂ appeared in Han dynasty with the origional meaning of ＂making sb sym- pathize ＂. After that ,＂ kelian＂ extended its meaning to ＂lovely＂ or ＂pitiful＂ or ＂too trivial or insignif- icant to mention＂. It also go from ＂lovely＂ to ＂enviable＂ or ＂delightful＂ or ＂commendable＂ or ＂strange＂. The grammartical funtions of ＂kelian＂ are very active. It can act as predicate or attribute or adverbial, and so on. It can also have some suffixes such as ＂sheng＂, ＂jian , xu , baba＂ and so on. This article means to study the extending track of the word ＂kelian＂ and its grammar characteristic so as to have a full understanding of it.