汉语史视角下兼类词“就是”语义阐释及虚化路径

Semantic Interpretation and Path of Semantic Bleaching of the Hybrid Word"Jiushi"from the Perspective of Chinese Historical Linguistics

在汉语语法史的视角下,探讨了“就是”词义上千年的发展与演变。在使用大量语料库的基础上,考察兼类词“就是”多种词性的共时表现及历时演变轨迹。采用描写和解释相结合的研究方法,详尽地解释了“就是”从先秦两汉时期到明清时期语料历时演变特征,考察了“就是”共时平面的语义、语法表现。通过分析“就是”作为副、连、助兼类词的词汇化和语法化的过程,展示“就是”从短语到助词整个虚化过程。

From the perspective of Chinese grammatical history,this study explores the semantic development and evolution of the word"Jiushi"over thousands of years.Based on the extensive use of corpora,it examines the synchronic manifestations and diachronic evolutionary trajectories of the hybrid word"Jiushi"in various parts of speech.Adopting a research method that combines description and explanation,it provides a detailed explanation of the diachronic characteristics of"Jiushi"in terms of its usage from the Pre-Qin and Han periods to the Ming and Qing periods,as well as an examination of its semantic and grammatical expressions in the synchronic plane.By analyzing the lexicalization and grammaticalization processes of"Jiushi"as an adverb,conjunction,and particle,it demonstrates the entire process of semantic bleaching of"Jiushi"from a phrase to a particle.