英文摘要 |
The paper explores some aspects in Taiwanese Grammar(Chen 1934), a landmark in the development in linguistic studies in Taiwan under Japanese rule, focusing in particular on lexical and semantic issues in Taiwanese such as diminutive suffixes, semantic extension prompted by metaphor and metonymy, comparison of verbal and nominal alternation in Taiwanese and Japanese, the distinction of object and complement, the binary graphic representation of the polyfunctional word kā, and the tripartite functioning of hōo as a verb of giving, a causative verb and the agentive marker in the passive. Furthermore, a rough comparison is attempted with respect to the lexical treatment in Douglas(1873) and Ogawa et al(1931-32). |