“住”与“着”的句法地位及历时演化.

Verb-resultative complement “住 (zhu)” and “着 (zhao)” are divided into result complement and phase complement in Chinese. The results of synchronic and diachronic studies show that “着 (zhao)” continues to evolve into an aspect auxiliary after grammaticalization to phase complement, while “着 (zhao)” still stays as a phase complement. In generative grammar, functional category is the core of resultative constructions, so it is the cause of grammatical evolution. The resultative complement and the phase complement are introduced by the two functional categories of Bec and Path respectively. The former determines the achievement meaning of the resultative construction, and the latter determines the path or stage meaning of the resultative construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]