Abstract
Based on Early Modern Southern Min texts from Ming and Qing dynasties, this paper studies the different functions of 力 liāh in Southern Min and the grammaticalisation pathways that led to the polysemantism. 力 liāh could appear as a content verb 'to catch' or a polyfunctional case marker in Early Modern Southern Min; while in Contemporary Southern Min, its verb use has become overwhelming, and its grammatical uses are mostly fossilised.
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