Polyfunctionality of the General Classifier ma44 in Shansu Yi
Shansu Yi belongs to the southern dialect of the Yi language.This paper focuses on the systematic description of the general classifier ma44 in Shansu Yi,and analyzes its grammaticalization path from the diachronic perspective.Based on its basic metrological functions,ma44 has developed functions of numeral-classifier transferred-reference,demonstrative-classifier transferred-reference and definiteness transferred-reference,and further grammaticalized to nominalization marker,relative clause marker,complement clause marker,and adverbial clause marker,showing the characteristics of polyfunctionality.
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