摘要
据统计,"can"是情态范畴内使用频率最高的情态词。作为多义词,情态词从最初的实词演变为语法功能词,经历了一系列演变。然而,对"can"是否已经演变为认识情态尚未达成共识。文章以多个语料库为基础,运用断代的历时研究方法,立足于现代英语时期,从语义和认知角度探究"can"的语法化历程以及演变机制。通过研究证实了"can"已经广泛用于判断命题的真实性。
According to statistics,＂can＂is most frequently used in the category of modality. As polysemy,through a series of evolution,it has developed to grammatical function. However,whether＂can＂is an epistemic modality or not has not reach a consensus yet.In order to improve the previous studies,based on several corpuses,it tries to analyze the whole grammaticalization process as well as the mechanism from semantic,and cognition. And by dating and diachronic research method,it is focused on the modern English period. Finally,it proves that ＂can＂has already used as epistemic modality to judge and speculate the truthfulness of proposition.
出处
《忻州师范学院学报》
2016年第6期96-100,共5页
Journal of Xinzhou Teachers University
关键词
认识情态
语义发展
机制
epistemic modality
semantic evolution
mechanism
