As a representative of indefinite frequency adverb in modern English,“always” demonstrates a kind of objectivity. Howev⁃er, when traced back to the seventeenth century, “always” expresses an evidential subjective meaning. Based on the collected data from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century, this paper tries to explore the subjectivity evolution of“always” from the dimen⁃sion of collocation between“always” and three other elements which include personal pronouns, epistemic verbs and negative particles. It is found that from seventeenth century to twentieth century,“always” not only has a tendency of objectification but also has a tenden⁃cy of categorization. These findings is helpful to re⁃understand the subjectivity and evolution of English language, especially the fre⁃quency adverbs.%作为现代英语中不定期频度副词的代表， always体现了一定的客观意义。然而追溯至十七世纪，always体现为更强的主观意义。本文基于十七世纪至二十世纪的英语语料，考察了always的主观性演化情况，涵盖了 always与人称代词、认知动词和否定算子等语言因素的共现情况。结果发现：从十七世纪到二十世纪always不仅体现出客观化趋势，还出现了范畴分化的现象。这一研究结果对于我们重新认识语言的主观性现象以及意义演化等问题具有一定的参考意义。
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