This article is not focused on the dating of shi's emergence as a copula; rather, it illustrates how shi has changed from a deictic substitute to a copula from the perspective of information structure, bringing in the consideration of pragmatics.
This article is not focused on the dating of shi's emergence as a copula; rather, it illustrates how shi has changed from a deictic substitute to a copula from the perspective of information structure, bringing in the consideration of pragmatics.
本文旨趣并非根据文献论定系词「是」产生的年代，而是从语言表达的角度解释复指代词「是」的语用功能，并循有关思路说明「是」由代词向系词转化的动因。