The Evolution of the Relative Degree Adverb"Gewai"
As a common degree adverb in modern Chinese,"Gewai"evolved from the combination of the noun"Ge"and the orientation word"Wai".The lexicalization of"Gewai"began in the Song Dynasty and matured in the Qing Dynasty,and has been used ever since.In this evolutionary process,syntactic position,semantic fiction,subjective influence and the tendency of lex-ical diphthongization all played important roles.In this paper,we try to discuss the process of lexicalization of"Gewai"from a regu-lar phrase to a degree adverb,and analyze the motivation and mechanism of lexicalization of"Gewai"from the perspective of its chronological evolution.
"Gewai"degree adverbslexicalizationmotivation and mechanism
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