Abstract: This article probes into the lexicalizing process of yehao,synchronically and chronologically. The article points out that the historical characteristics of its evolution as follows: firstly,yehao as an individual phrase has alternatively developed into an auxiliary one;secondly,yehao which is attached to examples,formally derives from the sentence structure ye…ye…,and is a semantically weak form of yehao. During the process of its development,the major cause and mechanism lie in such elements about ye as its euphemistic usage,the uncertain changes between its syntactic location and its combination with other words,and the reduction of its predicative function.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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