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On the Mandarin Chinese Disposal Construction with Yi(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2018年05期
Page:
143-
Research Field:
语言文学研究
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Title:
On the Mandarin Chinese Disposal Construction with Yi
Author(s):
XU Zheng-kaoYANG Peng-fei
Keywords:
disposal construction with yi meaning construction
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Abstract:
The disposal construction with yi以 in Mandarin Chinese was formed in the pre-Qin period. Itsformation experienced three stages: i.e. from serial verb construction to instrumental construction to disposalconstruction. In the serial verb construction“ yiverb+N1+V+N2”, when the verb yi means“ use”, N1 canbe understood as an instrument involved in the action indicated by“ V+N2”, and then yi was graduallygrammaticalized from a verb into an instrumental preposition. In the instrumental construction“ yipre+N1+V+N2”,yi can be regarded as a focus marker of N1. Under the influence of the double object construction, theinstrumental construction with yi as a focus marker then developed into a disposal construction. Because thedisposal construction involving yi evolved from the instrumental construction with yi, the meaning of yi isambiguous in that it can be either an instrumental preposition or a disposal preposition. This ambiguity hinderedthe development of the disposal construction with yi, thus making it possible to be replaced by the generalizeddisposal constructions involving jiang 将 and ba 把.

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