中古汉语副词“故”探微

A Close Examination of Middle Ancient Chinese Adverb Gu

中古汉语副词“故”的用法比较复杂 ,既可表示肯定、测度等语气 ,还可表示“本来”、“特地”、“仍然”等情状方式。由于其本身所负载的非副词义项过多 ,副词义项的组合功能又不强 ,所以整个使用频率都偏低 。

Middle Ancient Chinese Gu was used with a varitey of meanings to express positive tone or tone of conjecture,indicating'originally','specially','still'.Adverb Gu was not frequently used in Middle Ancient Chinese since it bore too many other meanings and it's function of combination as an adverb was not clear.Moreover,the development of each meaning was not balanced.