The Chinese Copula Shi and its Origin: A Cognitive-Based Approach

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2006-06-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2006.4(1).4

J. Chang

引用次数: 9

Abstract

This paper discusses the proposals of Li and Thompson (1977), Yen (1986), and Feng (1993) in relation to the development of the Chinese copula and argues that Li and Thompson's suggestion of a topic mechanism, Yen's analogical change, and Feng's phonological pause are unsatisfactory in explaining the development of the copula. It is suggested that Katz's (1996) cognitive concept of existence in time and space between pronouns and copulas is what relates the demonstrative pronoun shi to a copula, while the verbal form shi occurring in the same syntactic context as the demonstrative pronoun shi is what triggers this demonstrative pronoun to turn into a copula.

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汉语连词及其起源:一种基于认知的研究方法

本文讨论了Li和Thompson(1977)、Yen(1986)和Feng(1993)关于汉语连词发展的建议，并认为Li和Thompson提出的话题机制、Yen的类比变化和Feng的语音停顿不能很好地解释连词的发展。本文认为，Katz(1996)提出的代词与连词之间存在时空的认知概念是指示代词shi与连词之间的联系，而与指示代词shi在同一句法语境中出现的动词性shi是指示代词变为联词的触发因素。

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Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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0.40

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20 weeks

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