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題名 Morphologization of the degree adverb HEN 作者 徐嘉慧
Chui, Kawai
Kawai Chui關鍵詞 morphologization;degree adverb;hen;Mandarin 日期 2000-01 上傳時間 24-Jul-2009 15:55:18 (UTC+8) 摘要 This study investigated morphologization of the degree adverb hen ‘very’, a process of semantic change to develop a bound constituent from a free independent word by way of cliticization and compounding. In the first stage of development, hen is a degree adverb; its gradable extent is higher than average. In the second stage it loses morphosyntactic autonomy and develops into a clitic, being bound to the adjacent scalar predicate. Finally, hen becomes a compound constituent, as a result of amalgamating the clitic form and its adjacent verb. The significance of the semantic and morphosyntactic change of hen lies in fulfilling communicative needs. First, the semantic generalization of hen suggests that the speaker’s attitude toward the gradable extent of the predicate is neutral at the moment of speaking. Second, developing new compounds from old constructions is motivated by the necessity of new independent concepts for communication. 關聯 語言暨語言學 ,1(1),45-59 資料類型 article dc.creator (作者) 徐嘉慧 zh_TW dc.creator (作者) Chui, Kawai - dc.creator (作者) Kawai Chui - dc.date (日期) 2000-01 - dc.date.accessioned 24-Jul-2009 15:55:18 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 24-Jul-2009 15:55:18 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 24-Jul-2009 15:55:18 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/29358 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study investigated morphologization of the degree adverb hen ‘very’, a process of semantic change to develop a bound constituent from a free independent word by way of cliticization and compounding. In the first stage of development, hen is a degree adverb; its gradable extent is higher than average. In the second stage it loses morphosyntactic autonomy and develops into a clitic, being bound to the adjacent scalar predicate. Finally, hen becomes a compound constituent, as a result of amalgamating the clitic form and its adjacent verb. The significance of the semantic and morphosyntactic change of hen lies in fulfilling communicative needs. First, the semantic generalization of hen suggests that the speaker’s attitude toward the gradable extent of the predicate is neutral at the moment of speaking. Second, developing new compounds from old constructions is motivated by the necessity of new independent concepts for communication. - dc.format.extent 713019 bytes - dc.format.mimetype application/pdf - dc.language en_US en dc.language.iso en_US - dc.relation (關聯) 語言暨語言學 ,1(1),45-59 en dc.subject (關鍵詞) morphologization;degree adverb;hen;Mandarin - dc.title (題名) Morphologization of the degree adverb HEN en dc.type (資料類型) article en
