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"words Of Grammaticalization

Posted on:2005-06-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J N LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360125451136Subject:Curriculum and pedagogy
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There are two essential meanings of the word YOU, one is possession, the other is existence. These are the original meanings used in various grammatical structures that use the word YOU. Over time there has been significant reanalysis and analogy the changes in use of these YOU grammatical structures since YOU has been grammaticalized over the last few millennia.Our analysis indicate that the word YOU, which always appears at the very beginning of a sentence as a marker that indicates the following noun, is nonidentifiable. During the emergence of the Chinese language, YOU was not used as a marker in the manner it is used today. Rather it was used as a verb. The noun that follows YOU acts as an agent or a dangshi. But of course grammaticalization exists in all languages, and , the use of the noun that follows YOU has been extended beyond that of its previous range. During the Tang Dynasty and thereafter, the noun that follows YOU was referred to as a patient. The way in which the word YOU is used in Present Day Chinese will also be discussed. For example, if the reporter of the event is present, YOU is not necessary. However, if the reporter of an event is not present, one often uses YOU.During the Ming and Qing dynasties, grammatical structures incorporating the word YOU were frequently used.. During these dynasties the YOU in some grammatical structure had become an auxiliary word, which meant that it was used as a measuring word or for estimations.X+YOU+Y+A was formed from X+YOU+amount phrase+A by analogy. After reanalysis of the YOU grammatical structure,YOU has become a preposition that is used for introducing a thing or a person to compare.
Keywords/Search Tags:YOU grammatical structures, grammaticalization, reanalysis, analogy
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