关于“定语后置“问题的新思考

对“定语后置”问题,简单地肯定或否定都是有失偏颇的。据我们考察,古汉语中存在着两类性质不同的定语后置：一种是作为远古汉语遗留模式的定语后置－遗迹性定语后置,一种是出于表达需要的定语后置－语用性定语后置。无论是考察古汉语本身,还是现代汉语方言和亲属语言,都可以证明这一结论。

A Reconsideration to Postponed modifiers

To the issue of "postponed modifiers" it is a bit partial to affirm or negate it Simply. According to authors investigation. there are two different kinds of postponed modifiers:one is that left over as a model in far-ancient in far-ancient Chinesehistorically postponed modifiers. another one that proceeded from the need of expression-pragmatically postponed modifiers. This can he testified in the observation either to the ancicnt Chinese or to the dialect in morden Chinese and the minority language in China.