The Adverb “Dou” and Its Grammaticalization in “The Children Heroes”

Chinese in The Children Heroes is an intermediate station for Dream of Red Mansions leading to modern Beijing dialect,through which we can know the basic features of Chinese in the 19th Century.The adverb Dou(都) has the usages of scope adverb and tone adverb.In its tone adverb usage,there is a sub-category which expresses achieved meaning.According to the general laws of grammaticalization and the language facts in the book,the grammaticalization approach of the adverb Dou(都) is:scope adverb-tone adverb-tone adverb with achieved meaning.