The basis of coming and going

Language Log 2024-11-19

Summary:

The protean particle zhī 之 (3 strokes, classifier / radical 丶) has more grammatical functions than you can shake a stick at, e.g.: (literary) genitive or attributive marker     indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one     indicates that the previous word modifies the next one     particle indicating that the […]

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formation

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

11/19/2024, 11:11

Date published:

11/19/2024, 07:20