| Speech activity is one of the primary means of passing and exchanging information among people in society. The whole speech communication is the overall performance of speech movements as the carrier of the Speech-act Verbs.The traditional linguistic studies of Speech-act Verbs are often not isolated. They are basically attached to some other grammar content studies. There are very few scholars began to make a special study of that verbs at the beginning of 21st century, but mostly from a functional point of view to explain that, such as "act with the words ", without seeing from the perspective of NLP(Natural Language Processing).We find out an effective way to construct a relatively complete Semantic-concept System of Modern Chinese Speech-act Verbs based on the "Synset-Allolexeme" Theory and "Semantic Primitive Structure", and try to conduct a thorough investigation and explanation of the internal semantic structure of this system.The whole dissertation is composed of the following seven chapters:Chapter one is the introduction. The background and the significance of this topic are explained. The overview and analysis of the studies of SKB in existence are given. Then the development from affiliation researches to special studies of Speech-act Verbs from last 20th century and the main research perspectives of every stage are summarized. Then the train of thought of this research and scope of the study are mentioned, and the language materials used here are listed.Chapter Two introduces the way to constructing a relatively complete Semantic-concept System of Modern Chinese Speech-act verbs. First is introducing the theoretical foundation of "Synset-Allolexeme", then pointing out that Semantic Primitive Structure is the projection of Concept Structure on language. People's understanding of words is expressed on the semantic understanding of the concept, the computer calculations of the Semantic Words are the calculation of Word Concepts. The Synset and Allolexeme are the objects of Semantic Primitive Structure. It's including the description of basic lexeme and every allolexeme. Speech-act Verbs, built on the semantic concept, are the sets of three appositional synsets and their internal allolexemes. We may divide all the Speech-act Verbs into three synsets according to their concept semantic and our observation:Basic Speech-act Verbs ("shuol"), Nature Speech-act Verbs ("shuo2"), Manner Speech-act Verbs ("Shuo3"). Among those three synsets, "shuol" and "shuo2" "shuo3" are father and son relationship, as the meanwhile, "shuo2" and "shuo3" are brother and sister relationship.We may use "shuol" and "shuo2" "shuo3" to summarize and express the whole Semantic-concept System of Modern Chinese Speech-act Verbs.Chapter three discusses the Basic Speech-act Verbs ("shuol"). "shuol" is the representation of general speech action verbs. It abandoned the nature and expression ways of speech actions, only highlight the movements and relevances of the acts themselves. After that, highlight the related aspects of this kind of speech action based on "shuol", it shows four different forms:Writing-type anamorphose, Processing anamorphose, Sound-intensity anamorphose and Frequency anamorphose. The Sound-intensity anamorphose includes ictus type and microphone type. Describe the Semantic Primitive Structure of each anamorphose and verify them with sentences.Chapter four discusses the Nature Speech-act Verbs ("shuo2"). "shuo2" is kinds of "shuol" with some characteristics, reflects various natures of speech actions. This type is a very rich category in the whole system. According to our summary, this type has 10 different anamorphoses, those are Communication anamorphose, Content anamorphose, Action-wished anamorphose, Speech-wished anamorphose, Feedback anamorphose, Viewpoint anamorphose, Motion anamorphose, Expression anamorphose, Measurements anamorphose and Impairment anamorphose. Each anamorphose can be divided into smaller types according to the semantic too which are 29. Describe the Semantic Primitive Structure of each allolexeme and verify them with sentences.Chapter five discusses the Manner Speech-act Verbs ("Shuo3"). "shuo3" is kinds of "shuol" with some methods, highlights the way to speak. And the method is very important and essential. According to our summary, this type has 10 different anamorphose, those are Alternation anamorphose, Intervention anamorphose, Strategy anamorphose. Each anamorphose can be divided into smaller types according to the semantic too which are 10. Describe the Semantic Primitive Structure of each allolexeme and verify them with sentences.Chapter Six raises a new concept named "Semantic-cross Anamorphose". This is the lower concept of adjacency. It shows up parts of the Speech-act Verbs are not included into the aforesaid three appositional synsets. Its semantic is made up of two or more lexemes, and the new combination semantic is above and beyond each lexeme. This kind of Cross can be divided into two types:one is the internal cross which means the lexemes are come from "Shuol" "Shuo2" or "Shuo3"; the other one is the external cross which means lexeme comes from three appositional synsets and Non-speech-act Verb's lexeme combine together. The ways of Cross have 5: Juxtapose Type, Modification Type, Link Type, Choice Type and Overlay Type. Then we put 67 Semantic-cross Anamorphoses in forms.Chapter Seven is the conclusion. The main creative points of view and the conclusion of this dissertation, the shortage of this research are summed up, and the future work in prospect is also listed.
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