Exploration on the Function of Analogy in the Evolution of Chinese Measure-Classifier Construction
Yong Jun Hu · Journal of Qinghai Nationalities University · 2010
In the early ancient times,after the entry of the construction of Noun + + into Chinese syntactic structures,it was reanalyzed into the construction of Head + Modifier,and consequently this conflicted with the Chinese basic syntactic convention of Modifier preceding Head.In the evolution of the Noun + + construction,through the mediation of analogy,the grammaticalization of has been completed and the construction has evolved into the present prevailing construction of Measure + Classifier +Noun.