摘    要: 

　　“之”是上古汉语中一个十分常用的词｡作为人称代词和助词的“之”在中古急剧衰落,给汉语的句法演变带来了深刻的影响｡中古汉语中产生或大量出现的一系列重要句法现象,如狭义处置式､隔开式述补结构､新型受事主语句等都与代词“之”的衰落有关;而“被NV”式被动句､无标记关系小句等则与助词“之”的衰落有关｡ 

　　关 键 词: 

　　“之” 衰落 中古汉语 句法演变 

　　作者介绍: 

　　朱冠明,中国人民大学文学院副教授,主要从事汉语历史词汇语法及佛教汉语研究｡ 

　　相关信息: 

　　本文为中国人民大学科学研究基金(中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助)项目(13XNL007)成果｡ 

　　(本文刊于《语言科学》2015年第14卷第3期P.272-283) 

　　On the Evanescence of Function Word “zhi” and Its Effects on the Evolution of Syntactic Constructions 

　　ZHU Guanming 

　　Abstract: 

　　Although“zhi”(之)is one of the most common words in Pre-Qin Chinese, it is observed to evanescence in Medieval Chinese, especially in its pronoun and auxiliary uses. The waning of zhi results in profound changes in Chinese syntax, one of which is the advent or proliferation of some important syntactic constructions in Medieval Chinese. While the waning of the third person pronoun zhi has brought about constructions such as the POV disposal, the VOC resultative, and the new patient-subject clause, the waning of the auxiliary zhi may take most responsibility for the advent and the proliferation of the long passive and the markedless relative clause respectively. 

　　Keywords: 

　　“zhi”; evanesence; Medieval Chinese; syntactic evolution