《南齐书》时间介词比较研究

《南齐书》中时间介词系统正处于高度繁荣期和剧烈变动期,其繁荣和变动均来自具备语义适宜性的动词争相成为典型介词的竞争,具备同类语义特征的动词因语义适宜程度不同,导致其向介词转化的速度和典型性的差异,这是促使介词系统不断调整和变化的直接动因。动词语法化的真正动因是人们对客观事件活动所包含的信息凸显度的不同,承载主要信息的动词因被凸显,得以保持动词特性;而承载次要信息的动词因被背景化,使得动词特性消失,语义抽象,并最终转化为介词。

A Comparative Study of Time Prepositions in The Southern Qi Dynasty

The time prepositions in The Southern Qi Dynasty were flourishing and changing violently since the verbs containing semantic suitability tended to become typical prepositions. The verbs containing similar semantic features, due to the differences in semantic suitability, resulted in the disparities in the course of the conversion into prepositions considering speed and typicali- ty, which immediately brought about the constant adjustments and changes of preposition system. The real reason of verb gram- maticalization sprang from the amount of the major information that a certain verb contained. The more information a verb car-fled, the conspicuous its verbal characteristics became. Verbs containing minor information receded into background, losing ver-bal features and concreting semantic meanings, and thus transformed into prepositions.