《诗经》情态副词考察

The investigation of the modal adverbs in The Book of Songs

一般认为,汉语情态副词表示动作的性质或状态。历时地看,汉语文学源头情态副词的使用情况及其语义是怎样的?本文以《诗经》为例,对《诗经》的情态副词进行考察。考察获得的数据表明,《诗经》里的情态副词分为表真实、表持续、表相似三类。考察《诗经》的情态副词,对于从纵向理解汉语情态副词语义形成、连续性及解读《诗经》文本具有理论价值和实践意义。

It is generally believed that Chinese modal adverbs represent the nature or status of the action.How the modal adverbs have been used in Chinese literature is surveyed according to the order of time by the text analysis of The Book of Songs.The results suggest that the modal adverbs in The Book of Songs can be divided into real modal adverbs,continual modal adverbs and resembling adverbs.The survey is of some use for those who want to know the history of Chinese modal adverbs and of some value for the cognition of the very book.