ABSTRACT:Based on Early Modern Southern Min texts from Ming and Qing dynasties, this paper studies the different functions of lia̍h 力 in Southern Min and the grammaticalisation pathways that led to the polysemantism. The morpheme lia̍h could appear as a content verb meaning 'to catch' or a polyfunctional case marker in Early Modern Southern Min; while in Contemporary Southern Min, its verb use has become overwhelming, and its grammatical uses are mostly fossilised. This paper hypothesises the grammaticalisation pathways of lia̍h by examining ambiguous constructions, and proposes that the fossilisation of the grammatical functions started with South-Western varieties of Southern Min, in which lia̍h was transcribed with the character 掠. The history of this word is worthy of the attention of typological studies.

中文翻译：

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近代南方闽南语的多义性Lia̍h力及其当代命运

摘要：本文以明清两代早期近代闽南文本为基础，研究了闽南语中lia̍h力的不同功能以及导致多义词的语法化途径。语素 lia̍h 可以作为内容动词出现，意思是“捕捉”或早期现代南闽语中的多功能格标记；而在当代闽南语中，它的动词使用变得势不可挡，其语法使用大多是僵化的。本文通过对歧义结构的考察，对 lia̍h 的语法化途径进行了假设，并提出语法功能的石化始于闽南语的西南变体，其中 lia̍h 被转录为划字。这个词的历史值得类型学研究。