Research On The Type Substitution In The Modern Chinese Language

Given the fact that a great deal of research has been done on the linguistic phenomenon of substituting, in this thesis, analysis and summarization are to be made of the types of substitution in the contemporary Chinese language.Having given the definition of substitution, the thesis will firstly reveal the reality that substitution in the contemporary Chinese language generally falls into five categories, namely,that by pronouns,by the"number plus classifier"structure,by the"de"structure, by abbreviation and by metonymy, with the former three types as the focus. The substituting function of pronouns will be addressed from two aspects, one being the potential capability of substituting the first, second and third person pronouns have in some sentences of special structure, and the other the asymmetric use of pronouns. Following that is the study of the substituting function of the"number plus classifier"structure from two aspects:"number plus nominal classifier"structure and"number plus verbal classifier". Then what is to be explored is the substituting function of three kinds of"de"structure.Finally, the thesis is to approach the types of substitution from a pragmatic point of view. In this part is to be revealed the most noticeable feature shared by all types of substitution——context-dependence. Along with that is also to be addressed the relation between substituting and communication.