再論“因為”該怎麼讀

A Renewed Discussion on the Pronunciation of "Yinwei"

盛洋(Yang Sheng)

《中國語文通訊》 102卷2期 (2023/07) Pp. 235-246

https://doi.org/10.29499/CrCL.202307_102(2).0006

摘要

“因為”一詞在現代漢語裏做連詞表原因，官方認為其讀音應作“yīnwèi”，即“為”字讀四聲；幾乎所有版本漢語字典中也是如此註音，上海《咬文嚼字》雜誌也曾發表相關文章。但是根據考證，“因為”一詞應是短語“原因為（是）”的簡化形式，因此“為”字是動詞，讀二聲“wéi”更合理。本文對此進行討論。

關鍵字

因為 ； 讀音 ； 二聲 ； 四聲

並列摘要

In modern Chinese the conjunction "因為" (because, since, as, for, etc.) is assumed to read "yīnwèi", the character "為" namely reads the fourth-tone, and the tones of this word are marked in this wise in almost all Chinese dictionaries. The journal Yaowen Jiaozi also publishes an article to discuss this issue. According to the research, however, this word should be the abbreviation of the phrase "the reason is", the character "為" thus functions as the verb "be" and should read the second-tone "wéi". This article will bring this issue up for a renewed discussion.

並列關鍵字

yinwei ； pronunciation ； second-tone ； fourth-tone

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