Title: The Development and Integration of Grammaticalization Theory in China and the Western World
Abstract: Chinese grammaticalization has a long history.Scholars not only investigate the Abstraction of concrete lexemes,but also study the evolution of constructions and syntax,and even probe into the grammaticalization theory.The theory of the Abstraction of concrete lexemes has certain influences on the western grammaticalization theory,which starts late but develops quickly.The western grammaticalization theory was introduced to China in the 1990s and thereafter influenced Chinese grammaticalizaion theory a lot.Based on the typological characteristics of Chinese,the Chinese grammaticalizaion theory further enriches and promotes the western grammaticalization theory,thus these two theories gradually becomes integrated.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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