Grammaticalization of the Disposal Construction in Chinese： Its Processes and Its Mechanisms  

作　　者：TIAN Yong-hong 

机构地区：[1]Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2012年第8期1412-1418,共7页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper studies the mechanisms and other possible causes that lead to the modern form of the disposal construction in Chinese, tracing its processes of grammaticalization. The modern form of disposal construction is typically Ba-construction, while the archaic form of disposal construction is Yi-construction. The word ＂Yi＂ is originally used as a verb. However, because of the mechanism of reanalysis, it additionally takes on the feature of a preposition. Consequently, its semantic burden increases and the ambiguity arises. To relieve the burden and resolve the ambiguity, the words ＂Ba＂ and ＂Jiang＂ have evolved to take over some of their uses, with Ba-construction a little more colloquial than Jiang-construction. The purpose of this paper is to examine the mechanisms and other causes for these changes. The conclusion is that the mechanism of the grammaticalization of the disposal construction is that of reanalysis and the causes for this reanalysis are surface ambiguity, analogues, or parallelism among others

关 键 词：REANALYSIS GRAMMATICALIZATION disposal construction BLEACHING ANALOGUE 

分 类 号：TP312[自动化与计算机技术—计算机软件与理论] TU714[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]