“谢谢”的语法化

Grammaticalization of “Thank You”

"谢谢"一词常出现在现代汉语口语中,用来表示对某人某事的感谢。随着汉语的发展,越来越多的词汇开始语法化,"谢谢"也逐渐语法化,成为一个话语标记,用来表达感谢之外的意思。文章拟从"谢谢"的基本用法入手,探讨"谢谢"的语法化过程,并进一步分析"谢谢"语义泛化的动因。

The word ＂thank you＂is often used in modern Chinese spoken language to express gratitude to someone for something. With the development of Chinese,more and more words begin to be grammaticalized,and ＂thank you＂gradually becomes grammaticalized and becomes a discourse mark to express the meaning beyond gratitude. The article intends to start with the basic usage of ＂thank you＂,discuss the grammaticalization process of ＂thank you＂,and further analyze the motivation of the semantic generalization of ＂thank you＂.