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本研究基于600万词次，时间跨度近50年的三代英、美英语语料库，考察英语现在进行体在形式分布及意义演变方面的历时变化。数据显示，20世纪60年代以来，英语现在进行体的使用总体持续增长，增速在21世纪初显著加快；在语体、语态方面，除了表现出总体增长趋势外，也存在一些变异。英语现在进行体表达将来义和主观态度的情况也持续增长。研究还表明，书面语中的英语现在进行体存在明显口语化趋势；同时，英语现在进行体也表现出语义虚化的语法化倾向，这与英语语法的整体演变趋势一致。
본연구기우600만사차，시간과도근50년적삼대영、미영어어료고，고찰영어현재진행체재형식분포급의의연변방면적력시변화。수거현시，20세기60년대이래，영어현재진행체적사용총체지속증장，증속재21세기초현저가쾌；재어체、어태방면，제료표현출총체증장추세외，야존재일사변이。영어현재진행체표체장래의화주관태도적정황야지속증장。연구환표명，서면어중적영어현재진행체존재명현구어화추세；동시，영어현재진행체야표현출어의허화적어법화경향，저여영어어법적정체연변추세일치。
Based on the three generations （six million words spanning some 50 years） of the American and British English corpora, Brown （1961）, Frown （1992）, Crown （2009）, LOB （1961）, FLOB （1991）, and CLOB （2009）, the present study explores the diaehronie changes of the distribution patterns and semantic shift of the English present progressive. The re- suits show that, overall, frequencies of the English present progressive have increased significantly since 1960s, with the growth being more conspicuous at the beginning of the 21st century; as to the genre and voice, the progressive instances exhib- it some variability in addition to the general growing tendency; the frequencies of the non-present progressive uses （ the futurate and attitudinal meanings） of the present progressive have also increased dramatically. All these findings imply that the English present progressive in written English has a distinct tendency of colloqualization, and in the meantime, the increasing uses of semantically shifted ＂be V-ing＂ patterns seem to indicate the usage of the aspect is becoming more diversified and subjeeti- fled, suggesting that it is in a process of grammaticalization, which is in concordance with the overall evolving tendency of English grammar.