A Tentative Exploration on the Origin of "Super-X"
XU Li-ping
Abstract
XU Li-ping
Abstract
The transformation of super originally as a verb to an adverb came to an end in the Northern and Southern dynasties.During this process,super,first used as a verb independently,later entered V+O structure and conjunction predicate structure,becoming the semantic core,thus was changed to an adjective.Later on,super used together with associated structure as adjective combination gradually turned to an adverb.In Modern Chinese,super does not have the sense term as an adverb.But currently increasing use of super as an adverb is both the language inheritance and the language innovation.
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The transformation of super originally as a verb to an adverb came to an end in the Northern and Southern dynasties.During this process,super,first used as a verb independently,later entered V+O structure and conjunction predicate structure,becoming the semantic core,thus was changed to an adjective.Later on,super used together with associated structure as adjective combination gradually turned to an adverb.In Modern Chinese,super does not have the sense term as an adverb.But currently increasing use of super as an adverb is both the language inheritance and the language innovation.
Key concepts: Adverb, Adjective, Predicate (mathematical logic), Verb, Linguistics, Conjunction (astronomy), Noun, Grammaticalization