Title: The Grammaticalization of "yin" in Ancient Chinese
Abstract: yin(因) is a usually seen character in ancient Chinese.It was used as verbs at first,then turned into prepositions、adverbs and conjunctives.Like other function words,yin has also experienced a process from contents words to function words gradually.This theme,based on the analysis of diachronic language analysis and synchronic language description,treats grammaticalization process of yin and analyzes its grammaticalization characteristics generally.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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