“例如”是词还是词组

近年来学术界对“例如”该归入动词、介词还是连词的争论可谓多矣，但是不论将其归入哪个词类，都有于理不合之处。其根本原因在于“例如”尚未取得词的资格。从结构上来看，“例如”可以扩展成“例又如”；从意义上来看，“例如”是“例”和“如”语索义的简单相加而非融合。这都符合当前学术界对于词组的判定。

＂Liru＂（例如） ：A Word or a Phrase？

Recently, there is much controversy about whether ＂liru＂ （例如） is a verb, a preposition or a conjunction in the Chinese academic circle. However, it is unreasonable to put it in any of the three above parts of speech because it is not qualified as a word. Structurally, it can be expanded as ＂liyouru＂ （例又如） ; semantically, it is the simple addition of the morphemes ＂li＂ （例） and ＂ru＂ （如） instead of their integration. Therefore, ＂liru＂ （ 例如） is a phrase instead of a word.