A History Of Grammaticalization Of "Ti" And Related Problemes

The research pays attention to the specific use situation of "Ti" of each stage, takeing historical documents as time clue. To ensure the scientificalness and reliability of research result, we've retrieved massive languages material which was from the periods before Qin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, but also modern time and an all-around, mult perspectives, and deep analysis of "Ti" is made. It is hoped that through a deep and careful analyze, the development history of "Ti" could be clarified, the usage of it could be identified, and the mechanism and incentive of formation of meaning eclipses could be discussed. At the same time, we try to explain why parts of functions of preposition "Ti" have shrunk and some related problems. We hope to investigate and grasp the development history dynamically and all-sided systematically.In the introduction part, the background, writing objective, limits are introduced, as well as the theory and method taken.Chapter 2 to 5 investigate the use cases of "Ti" in the period before Sui and Tang dynasties, in Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, and Song, Yuan, and Ming and Qing Dynasties,taking the time as the frame. Both the internal mechanism and external causes leading to the development and changes are also drawn out and expatiated partly.Chapter 6 discusses some related problems about "Ti", for example, "territorial dialect theory", diversification of usage in ancient and modern time.The conclusion part makes a summary on the development course, use cases, virtual mechanism, and causes for some functions' shrink.