The Semantic Change and Grammaticalization of"Diao"(掉)
By adopting a corpus-based approach,this study examines the semantic change and grammaticalization of"diao"(掉)from a diachronic perspective.The results show that"diao"(掉)experienced semantic broadening in an-cient Chinese and semantic narrowing in modern Chinese.Its grammaticalization first appeared in the Song Dynasty and was further developed in the Qing Dynasty and proliferated in modern Chinese.However,its semantic retention still exists in modern Chinese and grammaticalization is in its acceleration stage.
"diao"(掉)Semantic ChangeGrammaticalizationCorpus Study
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
