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題名 Morphosyntactic vagueness and directionality
作者 郭岳鑫
Kuo, Yueh Hsin
貢獻者 語言所
關鍵詞 vagueness; directionality; unidirectionality; counterdirectionality; grammaticalization; degrammaticalization
日期 2021-11
上傳時間 30-Apr-2025 15:02:52 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper shows that morphosyntactic vagueness exists between several minor morphosyntactic categories in Mandarin (modal, protasis connective and types of classifier): these categories share formal distributional properties and functional similarities such that their morphosyntactic distinctions become neutralized in some contexts. Consequently, bidirectionality rather than unidirectionality may characterize these categories diachronically. This paper proposes that any direction of change that is motivated by morphosyntactic vagueness should be regarded as regular and systematic, even if it is not unidirectional, and identifies some directions for future research on morphosyntactic vagueness in diachrony.
關聯 Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Vol.9, No.1, pp.95-116
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2021-0005
dc.contributor 語言所
dc.creator (作者) 郭岳鑫
dc.creator (作者) Kuo, Yueh Hsin
dc.date (日期) 2021-11
dc.date.accessioned 30-Apr-2025 15:02:52 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 30-Apr-2025 15:02:52 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 30-Apr-2025 15:02:52 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/156757-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper shows that morphosyntactic vagueness exists between several minor morphosyntactic categories in Mandarin (modal, protasis connective and types of classifier): these categories share formal distributional properties and functional similarities such that their morphosyntactic distinctions become neutralized in some contexts. Consequently, bidirectionality rather than unidirectionality may characterize these categories diachronically. This paper proposes that any direction of change that is motivated by morphosyntactic vagueness should be regarded as regular and systematic, even if it is not unidirectional, and identifies some directions for future research on morphosyntactic vagueness in diachrony.
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dc.relation (關聯) Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Vol.9, No.1, pp.95-116
dc.subject (關鍵詞) vagueness; directionality; unidirectionality; counterdirectionality; grammaticalization; degrammaticalization
dc.title (題名) Morphosyntactic vagueness and directionality
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1515/gcla-2021-0005
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2021-0005