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Title: | Inclusion of the outsider - grammaticalization of the verbal particle maai in Cantonese | Other Title: | 從「附加」到「主觀評價」-粵語助詞「埋」的語法化過程 | Authors: | Chor, W | Issue Date: | 2010 | Source: | Taiwan journal of linguistics, Fall 2010, v. 8, no. 2, p. 33-62 | Abstract: | This paper explores the grammaticalization of the verbal particle maai in Cantonese. Originally a verb of movement meaning ‘approach/get close to’ a reference point, maai has undergone grammaticalization to become a directional particle meaning ‘towards’. It then developed into an additive quantifier meaning ‘also/as well’, and has further been reinterpreted as an evaluative marker, marking the speaker’s negative evaluation of the object of the verb to which maai is suffixed. A number of pragmatic processes are involved in maai’s grammaticalization, in particular pragmatic inferencing and subjectification. The evolutionary pathway ‘addition’ > ‘subjective evaluation’ is attested by historical data and is also supported by cross-linguistic evidence. 本文探討粵語助詞「埋」的語法化過程。「埋」作為趨向動詞表示「接近」、「靠攏」。通過語法化過程,「埋」成為一個表「朝向」的方向助詞,附於動詞後。其後,「埋」發展成有量化功能的助詞,表「附加」,並進一步語法化為賦有主觀色彩評價的標記,表明說話人對句中的直接賓語持負面評價。「埋」的語法化過程中涉及數個語用機制,包括語用推斷(pragmatic inferencing)及主觀化(subjectification)。本文認為「埋」有「附加」>「主觀評價」的語義演化途徑,這獲歷時語料所證實,亦有跨語言的證據所支持。 |
Keywords: | Directional particle Cantonese MAAI Grammaticalization Subjectification |
Publisher: | Crane Publishing Co. | Journal: | Taiwan journal of linguistics | ISSN: | 1729-4649 (print) 1994-2559 (online) |
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