Title: Formation of Chinese Prepositional Phrase "上" and Historical Evolution of its Semantic Meaning
Abstract: With the grammaticalization of the Chinese orientation character 上,the prepositional phase 上 has been formed gradually,and during the process,its semantic meaning has been changed from indicating the location into expressing such abstract meanings as cause and means.This semantic evolution has been affected by the development of the middle term,the verb and the preposition.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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