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- Title
多義情態詞 「要」來源試探.
- Authors
郭維茹
- Abstract
This essay looks into the various functions of the modal yao 要. By the Eastern Han dynasty, yao was already a modal adverb denoting epistemic and deontic 'must.' Such a function derives from [1] constructions where yao meant 'main' or 'important,' and [2] constructions where yao zhi (要之 to sum it up) came before another VP. With the later omission of zhi, the remaining 'yaoVerb VP' therefore came to be reanalyzed as 'yaoModal Adverb VP.' The epistemic modal adverb yao is still in use, while the deontic modal adverb yao evolved during the Six Dynasties into a deontic modal verb, owing to its frequent co-occurrence with the deontic modal verb dang 當. From the Tang dynasty onwards, yao also became capable of expressing volition and the proximate future. Although these latter two functions seem untraceable, they were in fact taken on from yu 欲, whose similar alternative pronunciation (i.e. [iau]) facilitated their absorption into yao.
- Subjects
YAO language (Southeast Asia); ADVERBS (Grammar); MODALITY (Linguistics); GRAMMATICALIZATION; SIX Dynasties, China, 220-589; VERBS
- Publication
Chinese Studies / Hanxue Yanjiu, 2015, Vol 33, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0254-4466
- Publication type
Article