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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lien, Chinfa

Titel

Directional Constructions in Li Jing Ji

Ist Teil von

• Language and linguistics (Taipei), 2006-10, Vol.7 (4), p.755-798

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper explores various aspects of directional constructions in terms of conceptual structure, argument structure, syntactic structure, & information structure in Li Jing Ji, a Ming Jia-jing edition of the Southern Min script for a play (1566 A.D.). The bulk of the paper aims at capturing the semantic shifts of a set of directional words such as jip, chhut, khi, loh, tng/to, chiunn, ha, & ke, in particular extension of a spatial to non-spatial sense, in conjunction with the deictic verbs lai & khi. Viewed from the interaction between semantic primes of directionals & lexicalization, we can detect two main patterns: (1) directionals functioning as main verbs are a result of conflating MOTION & PATH; & (2) verbs in the verb + directional complements construction are generated by conflating MOTION & MANNER, whereas PATH is realized by directional complement. Directional words show a tripartite stratum distinction: (1) native & colloquial stratum, (2) classical stratum, & (3) Mandarin stratum. Some directiona