“许多”来源于“如许多”的词汇化。“如许多”产生于唐代,最初的分界是(如许)多,表示“像这样多”的意思,主要应用于感叹句和反问句中,表示比较强烈的语气。随着语境的泛化,“如许多”渐渐丧失了表达强烈语气的功能,语义趋向单纯的“很多”。其间由于语法化重新分析机制的作用,“如许多”的分界发生了转移,即如(许多)。再到后来“如”在语义表达上渐趋弱化,最终导致“许多”的出现和广泛使用。 Many come from lexicalization of “many.” The “many” originated in the Tang Dynasty with the first (more) demarcations and the meaning of “so much”, which was mainly used in exclamatory and rhetorical questions and expressed a stronger tone. With the generalization of context, “many” gradually lose the function of expressing strong tone, and the semantic tendency tends to be pure “a lot”. In the meantime, the “as many” demarcations have shifted (ie many) as a result of the role of grammatical re-analysis mechanisms. Later “as” is weakened in the semantic expression, eventually leading to the emergence and widespread use of “many”.