閩南語趨向式歷時演變探索

Development of Directionals in Southern Min

本文結合明清時代戲文和現代民間故事集的語料探討閩南語趨向式從十六世紀到現代的演變。我們從趨向式A、B、C 三類在早期、現代的用法及消長來掌握各類趨向式的演變軌跡。趨向式因非位移動詞的驅動而由原指稱空間轉而指稱動相，這是由人類認知活動中的隱喻手法達成。本文還從語言類型的觀點比較閩南語和共通語的趨向式以觀察兩者的異同。

This paper studies the development of directionals in Southern Min from the sixteenth century to the present based on earlier playscripts and modern folktales. We can tease out the paths of the development of these directionals by studying the vicissitudes of three types of directionals. Directional complements triggered by their collocated non-movement verbs underwent a change from denoting spatial movement to non-spatial aktionsart function. This is achieved by the mechanism of metaphor in human cognitive process. An attempt has been made to succinctly compare directionals in Southern Min and Mandarin in typological perspective.