On "Ge" And Its Subjectification Analysis In HONG LOU MENG

"Ge" is a special quantifier in Chinese, which is used frequently and widely on the scope of its application, and Its grammatical function is very compli cated on the role of expression. Experts have made special study on "Ge", and the most controversial points are: some think "Ge" is a quantifier; some think "Ge" is not only a quantifier, but also an auxiliary word; and some think "Ge " is an object mark. When Chinese language teaching materials introduce quan tifiers, which also list some special usages of "Ge", but don not give the reasons of its emergence and the explanation or interpretation of expression function. Therefore, the unified explanation to the many kinds of the usages and func tions of "Ge" is extremely necessary.There are limitations on traditional methonds of classifying different word. This disquisition applies the theory of prototype-based category and the theory of feature-based category to analyze "Ge" as quantifier("Ge₁"), auxiliary word ("Ge₂")and subject mark("Ge₃"). The quantifier and auxiliary word are respectively divided into the typical quantifier and atypical quantifier; the typical auxiliary word and atypical auxiliary word. As auxiliary word and subject mark, which come from the grammaticalization of "Ge" as quantifier, So the usage as quantifier and auxiliary word has intermediate state.The study on "Ge" in this disquisition includes the following parts: First, The study on "Ge" as quantifier, Mainly from its semantic characteristic and grammatical function to study; Second, The study on "Ge" as auxiliary word, mainly study its characteristic of syntax and semantic, as well as its role; Three, as subject mark, includes the characteristic of syntax and semantic of special structure, and the reason of "Ge" changing into subject mark; Four, Make an as sumption to "Ge" and prove it, We also analyze the reasons and mechanismsofits grammaticalization.