A Study On The Origin And Evolution Of Subjective Small Quantity Adverb

"Subjectivized quantity"is"quantity with subjective evaluation significance",and the quantity evaluated as small is subjectivized and small quantity.This paper takes the adverbs of subjectivized and small quantity as the research object,and divides them into three categories according to the meaning standard:"maximum limit","direct limit"and"barely reach".The typical cases are selected respectively,which have strong representativeness:"Chengsi（撑死）"and"Duoshuo（多说）","Zhishi（只是）"and"Jinjin（仅仅）","Ganggang（刚刚）"and"Jiangjiang（将将）".By combining the diachronic corpus and from the perspective of subjectivized quantity,it specifically investigates the formation and development process of these adverbs.And the characteristics,motivations and mechanisms of their evolution are summarized.The article is divided into three parts.The first part is the introduction,which defines the research object and significance of this paper,sorts out the current research status of the category of quantity,subjectivized quantity,adverb of subjectivized quantity and adverb of subjectivized and small quantity,points out the research methods and sources of corpus,and indicates the innovation and content arrangement.The second part is the main part of the thesis,which is divided into seven chapters.The first chapter explores"Chengsi".It first examines the formation of the phrase"Chengsi₁",and discusses in detail the process of lexicalization,further lexicalization and grammaticalization of"Chengsi".The second chapter makes an investigation of the adverb"Duoshuo".It explores the diachronic features of the predicate biased phrase"Duoshuo₁",concludes that the adverb"Duoshuo₂"comes into being in the construction,and specifically analyzes the formation and development of the"Duoshuo₃".And the similarities and differences between"Duoshuo"and"Chengsi"are briefly analyzed.The third chapter discusses"Zhishi".It carefully examines the evolvement of limited meaning of"Zhi",analyzes the usage of the phrase"Zhi+Shi",and discusses the emergence of"Zhishi"and the consolidation of its scope-limited function.The fourth chapter studies"Jinjin".It analyzes the evolution of the meaning of the monosyllabic adverb"Jin",examines the process of the generation and development of"Jinjin",and finally discusses the structuring of"Jinjin".Lastly,the difference between"Jinjin"and"Zhishi"is compared.The fifth chapter discusses"Ganggang".It examines the source of the meaning of subjectivized and small quantity of"gang",analyzes the diachronic evolution of the use of"Ganggang",and describes its development in modern Chinese.The sixth chapter discusses"Jiangjiang".It explores the origin of the meaning of the monosyllabic adverb"jiang",examines the formation and development process of"Jiangjiangl"in detail,and makes a comparative analysis of"Jiangjiang"and"Ganggang"from four aspects.The seventh chapter explains the characteristics,motivation and mechanism of the adverbs of subjectivized and small quantity from the theoretical point of view.The third part is the summary part of the full text.