从“～门”浅析语义虚化和语法化

Brief analysis of semantic bleach and grammaticalization of Chinese"～门"

汉语"～门"族词汇源自英语"-gate",表示丑闻或事件,既符合大众求新求异的心理,又恰巧符合英语中"-gate"的语义。在其从独立语素向后缀发展的演变过程中,意义不断虚化,固定地附着在词根语素的后面,成为名词化的标志,具备了变成固定语义结构的可能性并逐渐步入语法化的进程中。

Originating from English ＂ - gate＂,Chinese ＂～门＂ refers to ＂scandal＂ or ＂event＂,which not only meet the public＇s request of seeking newness and differences,but accord with the literal meaning of English ＂ - gate＂.Chinese ＂～门＂ is gradually becoming meaningless during the evolvement from a free morpheme into a bound suffix.As a mark of forming the nouns,Chinese ＂～门＂ fix to the roots,indicating the possibility of becoming a stable structure and the process of grammaticalization.