The Process of Grammaticalization in Chinese: Motivations and Mechanisms of Morphosyntactic Development (Second Kind)

Author: Shi Yuzhi
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: The greatest advantage of this book is that it guides everyone to focus on theoretical thinking in Chinese studies, encourages everyone to explain linguistic phenomena and linguistic evolution on the basis of careful description, and leads everyone to explore the driving forces, mechanisms, and patterns of Chinese development and evolution. The parts of the book that are correct undeniably elevate the study of the history of the Chinese language to a higher theoretical level; the points that are open to debate also push forward the study of the history of the Chinese language: if this explanation is not suitable, then how should it be explained? This prompts people to think theoretically. And this kind of theoretical thinking is exactly what we lack.