四川方言中“些”的“虚词实化”现象

The Phenomenon of Function Words Used in Context to Express Undefined Meaning in the Word “Xie” of Sichuan Dialect

"些"目前在现代汉语共同语中正以量词的形式被广泛应用着,但"些"并不是从一开始就是量词。早期汉语中的"些"最初是作句末语气词,是一个虚词。因此,"些"从语气词到量词的演变过程,我们称之为"虚词实化"。实化之后的"些"依然保留了作为语气词和词尾助词的功能,虽然并没有将其纳入现代汉语共同语的词典中,但"些"原本的虚词意义却在方言中存活下来,至今仍被广泛运用。

Although the word ＂xie＂ has still been widely used in the basis of modern Chinese language for its classifier function,but it＇s not a classifier word from the beginning. In fact, the word ＂xie＂ was just a function word in the earlier time. It has been through a progress, from the modal particle word to the classifier, which is called ＂function words used in context to express undefined meaning＂. However, as a function word its function has been kept the function of the modal particle and auxiliary particle in the end. And the word ＂xie＂ has still been used generally today, even though its meaning as a function word cannot be found in our dictionary.