About the auxiliary particle “Guo（过）” expressing perfect and experience aspect in Lu-Xun’s works

摘要

In contemporary Chinese, the aspect particle guò(guo)过 is thought to be derivedfrom the verb guò 过 with the meaning of “to pass”, “to exceed” and other similarconcepts. The auxiliary particle has two meanings, they can classify gùo1 and gùo2 bythese meanings. Gùo(guo)1 represents the perfection or completion of an action, whilegùo(guo) 2 represents experience. Earlier research has examined the transformationprocess and determined that gùo(guo) 2 appeared later than guò(guo) 1. Nevertheless, ifthe verb attach to gùo(guo) 2 that represents experience is pursued, examples ofguò(guo) 2, as a stative verb plus guò2, do not appear until much later. There are veryfew examples in documents from before the Qing Dynasty. This paper analyses the use ofguò(guo) in the works of Lu-Xun, and explores the relationship of translations fromforeign languages and the increasing frequency of the use of guò(guo) as a stative verb plus guò2.