Title: Some questions deserving consideration in the study of grammaticalization in Chinese
Abstract: Focusing on the grammaticalization of the structural particle de, this paper considers the following questions that need attention in the study of grammaticalization in Chinese: 1. Aspects of how to define grammaticalization; 2. The necessity to inherit the traditional approach, i.e. the study must consider both form and meaning; 3. Meaning constraints and the generic meanings of form words; 4. The relationship of grammaticalization to valence; and 5. Catering for dialect facts in the study of grammaticalization.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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