The Grammaticalization and Lexicalization of Space Deixis:A cross-linguistic analysis  

作　　者：Yan Huang 

机构地区：[1]Linguistic Science Programme, School of Languages and European Studies,University of Reading, UK

出　　处：《外国语》2007年第1期2-18,共17页Journal of Foreign Languages

基　　金：This article is based on, and a radically revised, expanded and updated version of section523 of my forthcoming book Prag-matics(Oxford University Press,2006)

摘　　要：Space deixis is concerned with the specification of location in space relative to that of the participants at coding time in a speech event. Cross-linguistically, it is commonly expressed by the use of (i) demonstratives including both demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives, (ii) deictic adverbs of space, (iii) deictically marked third-person pronouns, and (iv) deictic directionals including both motion affixes, morphemes and particles, and motion verbs. In this article, I shall provide a descriptive analysis of the grammaticalization and lexicalization of space deixis. Data is drawn from a wide variety of genetically unrelated and structurally distinct languages to show the diversity and richness of spatial deictic systems in the world’s languages.Space deixis is concerned with the specification of location in space relative to that of the participants at coding time in a speech event. Cress-linguisticaUy, it is commonly expressed by the use of （i） demonstratives including both demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives, （ii） deictic adverbs of space, （iii） deictically marked third-person pronouns, and （iv） deictic directionals including both motion affixes, morphemes and particles, and motion verbs. In this article, I shall provide a descriptive analysis of the grammaticalization and lexicalization of space deixis. Data is drawn from a wide variety of genetically unrelated and structurally distinct languages to show the diversity and richness of spatial deictic systems in the world＇ s languages.

关 键 词：DEIXIS space deixis linguistic frames of spatial reference grammaticalization and lexicalization of space deixis 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]