Generally speaking,grammaticalization is the abstraction of lexical items or constructions which have developed into the minimal grammatical units in a certain context.As a universal linguistic phenomenon,grammaticali...Generally speaking,grammaticalization is the abstraction of lexical items or constructions which have developed into the minimal grammatical units in a certain context.As a universal linguistic phenomenon,grammaticalization has attracted the attention of eastern and western scholars for a long time.However,it hadn't become a hot topic in the study of language until the beginning of the 1970s.It is widely agreed that a typical grammaticalization involves change at various levels,such as,phonemic,semantic/ pragmatic and morphosyntactic levels.In this paper we tend to study grammaticalization from the functional perspective and take semantic/functional change involved in it as our focus in order to deepen our understanding of grammaticalization phenomena.展开更多
From the study of polysemy of coordinate conjunctions, it can be found that there are grammaticalization processes from coordination to transition and from coordination to succession. It is a general evolutionary proc...From the study of polysemy of coordinate conjunctions, it can be found that there are grammaticalization processes from coordination to transition and from coordination to succession. It is a general evolutionary process in connective structures to go from non-specific semantic relationship to specific semantic relationship. This was caused by the cognitive tendency of approximately substituting typical functions for atypical functions.展开更多
Grammaticalization is not just progressive diachronic changes in the internal language,but there may be grammaticalization stages with different characteristics in the same synchronic state.Start with the two aspects ...Grammaticalization is not just progressive diachronic changes in the internal language,but there may be grammaticalization stages with different characteristics in the same synchronic state.Start with the two aspects of the diachronic and synchronic,"nandao" as the object;grammaticalization,the theoretical basis.To observe and analyze the different usages of the synchronic level,inquiry the evolution process of the diachronic level.And summarize the grammaticalization path and motivations and mechanisms of "nandao".The development and evolution of "nandao" is from verbal polarization phrase to speculation tone of adverb to rhetorical tone of adverb.展开更多
文摘Generally speaking,grammaticalization is the abstraction of lexical items or constructions which have developed into the minimal grammatical units in a certain context.As a universal linguistic phenomenon,grammaticalization has attracted the attention of eastern and western scholars for a long time.However,it hadn't become a hot topic in the study of language until the beginning of the 1970s.It is widely agreed that a typical grammaticalization involves change at various levels,such as,phonemic,semantic/ pragmatic and morphosyntactic levels.In this paper we tend to study grammaticalization from the functional perspective and take semantic/functional change involved in it as our focus in order to deepen our understanding of grammaticalization phenomena.
文摘From the study of polysemy of coordinate conjunctions, it can be found that there are grammaticalization processes from coordination to transition and from coordination to succession. It is a general evolutionary process in connective structures to go from non-specific semantic relationship to specific semantic relationship. This was caused by the cognitive tendency of approximately substituting typical functions for atypical functions.
文摘Grammaticalization is not just progressive diachronic changes in the internal language,but there may be grammaticalization stages with different characteristics in the same synchronic state.Start with the two aspects of the diachronic and synchronic,"nandao" as the object;grammaticalization,the theoretical basis.To observe and analyze the different usages of the synchronic level,inquiry the evolution process of the diachronic level.And summarize the grammaticalization path and motivations and mechanisms of "nandao".The development and evolution of "nandao" is from verbal polarization phrase to speculation tone of adverb to rhetorical tone of adverb.
