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The origins and grammaticalization paths of “le（了2）” in the Northern and Southern Mandarins
南北官话中“了2”的来源及语法化路径
Xiaoxue Huang 黄晓雪
Abstract 摘要
The periods during which the particle “le（了2）” fully developed and matured in the Northern and Southern Mandarins are different: the former in the Ming Dynasty while the latter in the Southern Song Dynasty. Also, the evolution paths of “le（了2）” in the Northern and Southern Mandarins are different: the southern “le（了2）” is derived from the phase complement “le” in the structure “verb (+ object) + le” and the northern “le（了2）”is grammaticalized from the aspect particle “le（了1）”.
事态助词“了2”在南北官话里发育成熟的时间不同：北方在明代，南方在南宋。南北官话的“了2”各有不同的演变路径，南方的“了2”来源于“动（+宾）+了”中的动相补语“了”；北方的“了2”由动态助词“了1”语法化而来。
Keywords 关键词
Situation particle le（了2）事态助词 "了2"; ye 也