Title: Syntactic Functions and the Processes of Grammaticalization of “Zhen me”
Abstract: Based on the general rules of grammaticalization,this paper addresses the six syntactic functions of Zhen me in requesting and the processes,rules and conditions of its grammaticalization.Research found that the grammaticalization of zhen me changes in dual directions,one being cause request via requesting manners,which becomes absolute sentence from interior to exterior;one being predicate via requesting state and features,which becomes attribute (the lowest syntactic component) from exterior to interior.Metaphor is the mechanism that guides both directions of grammaticalization of Zhen me.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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