The {bei+verb+jiangqu} construction in pre-twelfth century Chinese

IF 0.2 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Jianqiang Sun
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Abstract The Chinese string composed of { bei 被 + verb + jiang 將 + qu 去 } is a rare, unique, unproductive, informal usage which, to date, has remained virtually unexplored. The present paper attempts to sketch its pre-twelfth century evolution by analyzing examples collected from various sources, but now from sources digitalized by CBETA ( Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association ). This paper begins by investigating the constituents in order to determine a core structure. It argues that jiang and qu are not two discrete elements but one single unit, reanalyzed in a new formula, { bei + verb + jiangqu } to replace the traditional notation { bei + verb + jiang + qu }. Regarding the evolution of this collocation, the paper periodizes four stages of development. (1) The earliest examples appear in the fifth century, and they are of the { bei + verb₁ + verb₂ (+ verb₃)} order, in which jiangqu occupies either the second or third verbal slot. (2) Seventh century examples are showing signs of change, allowing, for the first time, an agent to be inserted between bei and the verb. (3) The eighth century witnesses a radical usage shift in which jiangqu has been demoted to a SIFE (“Semantically Impoverished Functional Element”), resulting in a new passive order { bei + verb + SIFE}. (4) The evolution continues in the ninth through eleventh centuries, becoming more complex, though somewhat dormant. This paper thus contributes to discussion of an understudied and thorny topic: How to segment short strings of Chinese characters. A few guidelines are suggested, and it is noted that some strings consisting of “verb, jiang , and qu ” have been wrongly dissected: {verb + jiang + qu } must be rendered {verb + jiangqu }.
12世纪前汉语的“贝+动+江”结构
摘要:由{北+动词+江+瞿}组成的中文字符串是一种罕见的、独特的、非生产性的、非正式的用法,迄今为止,几乎没有被开发过。本文试图通过分析从各种来源收集的例子来描绘其在十二世纪之前的演变,但现在来自CBETA(中国佛教电子文本协会)数字化的来源。本文首先对其组成进行研究,以确定其核心结构。它认为“江”和“渠”不是两个独立的元素,而是一个单一的单位,并以“北+动+江”的新公式重新分析,以取代传统的“北+动+江+渠”的符号。关于这种搭配的演变,本文将其分为四个发展阶段。(1)最早的例子出现在五世纪,它们是{bei +动词₁+动词₂(+动词₃)}的顺序,其中jiangqu占据第二或第三个动词槽。(2)七世纪的例子显示出变化的迹象,第一次允许在bei和动词之间插入一个助词。(3)公元8世纪,“江趣”的用法发生了根本性的变化,降为“语义贫乏的功能元素”(SIFE),形成了新的被动语态{贝+动词+ SIFE}。这种演变在9世纪至11世纪继续,变得更加复杂,尽管有些休眠。因此,本文有助于讨论一个未被充分研究和棘手的话题:如何分割短字符串的汉字。提出了一些指导原则,并注意到一些由“动词、江和渠”组成的字符串被错误地分割:{动词+江+渠}必须呈现为{动词+江渠}。
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期刊介绍: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS (ISSN:1606-822X; Online ISSN: 2309-5067) is an academic publication of the Institute of Linguistics at Academia Sinica. Established in 2000, it publishes research in general and theoretical linguistics on the languages of East Asia and the Pacific region, including Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, and the Austroasiatic and Altaic language families (Indo-European and Afro-Asiatic languages are not included). LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS publishes both a journal and a monograph series. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS is a pure linguistics journal. We only publish articles on (descriptive and theoretical) linguistic studies but not articles on applied linguistics such as language teaching or language learning.
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