“准_(允许)”的语法化过程和语用等级

The Grammaticalization Process and Pragmatic Hierarchy of Modal Verb ZHUN(准)

本文从表示"允许"义的动词"准"的历时演变出发,分析了"准允许"从动词词性衍生出情态动词词性的语法化过程,运用认知语言学的"图形/背景理论"和"语用等级"理论对现代汉语中"准_(允许)"句的肯定形式和否定形式的频率差异进行了解释,并进一步完善了"语用等级原则",提出语用等级和语义等级通过肯定、否定的句法手段实现了对称衔接。

Basing on study of diachronic evolvement of the moral verb ZHUN(准),this thesis analysised the grammaticalization process of ZHUN(准) which changed from an action verb into a modal verb,and explained the difference in frequency of affirmative and negative forms in modern Chinese.This case study proposed that pragmatic hierarchy and semantic hierarchy linked up with affirmative and negative syntactic forms,which improved the principle of pragmatic hierarchy.