The Types,Causes and Conditions of the Modalization of Syntactic Components
This paper focuses on the phenomenon of modalization of syntactic components,that is,the modal function of syntactic components or clauses becomes prominent while their syntactic and semantic functions are reduced or even lost.This paper points out the features and criteria of the mo-dalization of syntactic components,and describes the causes and conditions of the modalization of three types of syntactic components and their functional evolution:"Quasi-modality"formed by the in-situ evolution of syntactic components,"Quasi-modal particles"formed by combining clauses,"Modal structure"and modal components formed by directly adding extra-structural components.The paper also analyzes and discusses the factors that induce the modalization of syntactic components.
modalization of syntactic componentsQuasi-modal particlesQuasi-modalitymodal structureclause combining