Adverbialization and Discourse-marking:Polygrammaticalization of the Verb Phrase Shuohua in Wenshui Dialect
Different contexts,motivations and mechanisms lead to the polygrammaticalization of the verb phrase shuohua in Shanxi Wenshui dialect.Firstly,it was grammaticalized into a time adverb with many syntactic distribution restrictions,expressing"short time"of strong subjectivity.Secondly,it was grammaticalized into a discourse marker,which must co-occur with a modal particle,to express highly conventionalized negative evaluation.The polygrammaticalization of shuohua in Shanxi Wenshui dialect reflects two basic paths of grammaticalization:objectification and subjectivization.
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