The Study Of Modern Chinese Discourse Marker “DE”

In modern spoken Chinese,the main function of the discourse marker “DE”(得)is to indicate agreement or prohibition at the end of a conversation.At present,the discourse marker “DE”(得)is frequently used in modern spoken Chinese,but in the domestic academic research on the discourse marker “DE”(得),there are few thematic studies on it.Taking the modern Chinese spoken discourse marker “DE”(得)as the research object and its six variants as the comparison object,this paper makes a comprehensive and systematic study of the discourse marker “DE”(得)and its variants from the synchronic and diachronic perspectives by using the discourse marker theory,in order to fill the blank of the domestic discourse marker “DE”(得)thematic research.This paper is mainly divided into three parts:the first part defines the discourse marker“DE”(得)from four aspects of syntax,phonology,semantics and pragmatics,and shows two forms and six variants of the discourse marker“DE”(得).Through the description of the location distribution and context distribution of the discourse marker“DE”(得)and its variant forms,this paper comprehensively introduces the characteristics of the discourse marker“DE”(得)and its variant forms.The second part makes a comprehensive analysis of the pragmatic aspects of the discourse marker“DE”(得)from the perspective of synchronic.Firstly,the discourse functions of the discourse marker“DE”(得)are summarized by using conversational analysis and qualitative and quantitative analysis,including emotional expression function,information transmission function and discourse organization function.Secondly,the author uses comparative analysis method and chart statistics method to show the subtle differences of the six varieties of discourse function in communication.Finally,from the perspective of age,generation and social status of both sides of communication,this paper investigates the selection of the subject by the discourse marker“DE”(得)and its variants,and finds that the main factors influencing the discourse function of the discourse marker“DE”(得)include single use and combined use,adding modal words and the speaker’s emotion when speaking.The third part shows the formation process of discourse marker“DE”(得)from the perspective of diachronic.By using the theory of lexicalization,grammaticalization and subjectivisation,it sorts out the development direction of the verb“DE”(得)which means“HUO DE”(获得)or“DE DAO”(得到),and finds that the formation of the discourse marker“DE”(得)is closely related to the grammaticalization process of the“V+DE”,grammaticalization and subjectivism is the main motivations of the formation of discourse marker“DE”(得).