再看早期粤语文献中给予动词“畀”的演变

Revisiting the Development of the GIVE-Verb[pei-1]畀 in Early Cantonese Texts

本文通过考察早期文献,致力于解决广府片粤语给予动词“畀”的两个问题:其词源类型是什么?粤语里与事标记“过”替换为“畀”的过程是怎样的?早期粤语语料在相当的程度上支持“畀”原本是受事型给予动词,“畀+与事O_(1)”很可能最初出现于连谓式“VP非给予+畀(过)+与事O_(1)”中,后来扩展到给予类介宾补语式“VP给予+过/界+与事O_(1)”中,从而促成与事标记“过”替换为“畀”。

This paper analyzes the verb[pei-1]畀in Cantonese,drawing upon a study of Cantonesee texts from the ig"and 20"h centuries.The findings suggest that[pei-1]畀was originally a verb denoting HOLD and TAKE.Corpus data indicates that the combination[pei-1]畀+dative O_(1) might have emerged first in the construction VPnon-dative+[pei-1]([ku■-1]过)+dative O_(1).Subsequently,[pei-1]畀+dative O_(1),was extended to the GIVE-type prepositional complement VP_(GIVE)+[ku■-1]过/[pei-1]畀+dative O_(1),prompting the replacement of the dative marker[ku■-1]过with[pei-1]畀.