Abstract:
Studies of grammaticalization have contributed numbers of good works of substance and value but they have also resulted in some tendencies in which conceptions are confused, grammaticalization abused, and classic theories twisted. Some papers and treatises, on the basis of grammaticalization, discuss massively the “X” indicator and confuse the border between words and word phrases. Others make comparisons between Chinese and Sansckrit in equivalent proofreading and domesticated translation and arrive at incorrect conclusions. It must be indicated that grammaticalizational theory has its specific aims and domain of research and meanwhile its limitations.
