从复合词的判定标准、内部构成、断代描写与比较、历史演变的理论探讨四个角度梳理了汉语复合词历时研究的现状,指出了当前汉语复合词历时研究中的不足,并着重介绍了构式语法理论在词法研究中的新进展,提出了汉语复合词历时研究的新思路和新方法。
This article surveyed the developments in the diachronic study on the Chinese compound from the following four aspects: the judge of compound,the compositionality of compound,diachronic description and analysis and the theoretic probe of the diachronic change of compound. It pointed out the insufficiency of the current study. Then it introduced the recent progress on how the theory of construction grammar applies to the morphology and suggested the new approach to the diachronic study of Chinese compound.