Path of Grammaticalization of “zhu”: A Case Study of Aspect Genesis in Chinese
[译]：“著,箸,着" 的语法化过程:一个关于汉语中语体产生的案例
Ping Chen

Abstract 摘要

1. INTRODUCTION
In the history of Chinese, zhu (著,箸,着)* has been used as a verb, a preposition meaning zai ‘at/on/in’ or dao ‘to’, a resultative particle, a durative aspect marker, a progressive aspect marker, and a perfective aspect marker. I will attempt to identify the factors and mechanisms that played an inducing or catalytic role in the process of grammaticalization, particularly in the transition from a full lexical item to an imperfective aspect marker.

2. CHRONOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
2.1 Verb
2.2 Preposition
2.3 Resultative Particle
2.4 Durative Aspect Marker
2.5 Progressive Aspect Marker
2.6 Perfective Aspect Marker

3. PATH OF GRAMMATICALIZATION
3.1 Verb to Preposition
3.2 Preposition to Resultative Particle
3.3 Marker of Culmination to Imperfective Aspect Marker
3.4 Durative Aspect Marker to Progressive Aspect Marker
3.5 Emergence of Perfective Aspect Marker

4. CONCLUDING REMARKS