The Degree Adverb Usage and Grammaticalization of"Ruci(如此)"
There is little concern and great controversy over the use of the degree adverb of"Ruci(如此)".This paper investigates the nature of"Ruci(如此)"and comb through its process of grammaticalization from the phrase to de-gree adverb.By describing the syntactic distribution,semantic features and expressive function,we may find out that"Ruci(如此)"has the usage of degree adverb.Compared with ordinary degree adverbs,"Ruci(如此)"has the effect of incompleteness,more written in expression and highlighting the speaker's subjective will and modality.Its grammati-calization path is:verb phrase"Ruci0(如此 0)"＞demonstrative pronoun"Ruci1(如此 1)"＞adverb"Ruci2(如此 2)"."Ruci2(如此 2)"sprouted in the pre-Qin,formed in the Tang and Song dynasties,and matured in the Ming and Qing dynas-ties.Semantic redundancy,the clarification of adverbial position,communication innovation,etc.are the motivations for its grammaticalization.
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