Robert Santana LaBarge

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Santana LaBarge, Robert 2016 The grammaticalization of 要 Yao and the future cycle from Archaic Chinese to Modern Mandarin* Cyclical Change Continued, Gelderen, Elly van (ed.), pp. 395–418 | Article
In this paper, I argue that the grammaticalization of the Chinese word 要 yāo/yào shows an instance of the future cycle. Similar to English will, 要 yāo/yào has developed new functional meanings apart from its earlier semantic meanings of Compulsion and Volition, including deontic and future time… read more
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