A Study On The Contrastive Construction "X You A,Y You B"

"X you A,Y you B" is common in spoken Chinese,with strong productivity,high frequency of use,and a certain degree of solidification.This article takes this construction as the research object,based on the research results of predecessors,defines the scope of the variable components X and Y,and takes X and Y in a closed opposing space as specific variables,thereby describing the variable components.After inductive analysis of the corpus,the construction meaning is explained from the perspective of "the whole is greater than the sum of parts".It is found that the construction meaning of "contrastive prominence" of the construction has a strong relevance to the context,and it can produce a rich and diverse subjective emotional meaning in the specific use of language.This construction achieves simplicity in form and richness in meaning.At the same time,try to explore the construction meaning and cognitive mechanism of this construction from the perspective of construction grammar theory.The construction has strict requirements for its admittance components.The opposition of the format will,to a certain extent,endow the variable components A and B with a certain typicality and opposition.However,it also requires that they must belong to the same domain and have a certain degree of comparability in order to form a new language expression.In this process of operation,the mutual cooperation of conceptual integration and the "spatial" nature of the enumeration format drives the generation of the construction meaning,At the same time,the "intertextuality" of the antithetical format is verified and explained.The formation of language has an extremely complex process.In addition to structural repression,conceptual integration,and the antithesis of forms,there are also active collaborative relationships among the components within a structure,which accelerate the emergence of structural meaning and promote the formation of new types of structures.The introduction part mainly explains the purpose and significance of the topic selection,research status,theoretical basis,and other aspects,indicating the feasibility and necessity of the research on this structure.In the first part,based on Goldberg’s Constructive Grammar Theory,this article identifies the construction of "X you A,Y you B",which is mainly defined from three aspects: 1.It is a form semantic pair;2.Can be predicted;3.High frequency of use.The second part describes the component components of the construction "X you A,Y you B".Based on the construction theory of "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts",combined with the "intertextuality" of the antithetical format,it explores the emergence process of its construction meaning,and summarizes the construction meaning as "contrastive highlighting meaning.".This construction is presented in a juxtaposition subject-predicate structure,but in the process of development,influenced by subjectivity,the semantic content of this construction gradually transitioned from "objectively expressing the phenomenon of things" to "subjectively opposing highlighting the phenomenon of things",with "opposition" as the form and "highlighting" as the purpose,which will highlight rich modal meanings in the language use environment.Finally,based on the basic construction meaning of "opposition prominence",it is analyzed that this construction has two semantic categories: "objective juxtaposition type" and "subjective opposition type".The third part mainly examines and analyzes the pragmatic aspects of the construction "X you A,Y you B".This construction also has a deep subjective expression intention,which inevitably has a strong subjective color.Communication must have intention,which is formally reflected in the focus position.Therefore,this article specifically analyzes the prominent position of the focus and how to highlight it;Finally,under the two pragmatic functions of subjective expression and focus highlighting,the unique expressive effect of this construction is summarized.The fourth part mainly discusses the cognitive mechanism and formation motivation of the construction "X you A,Y you B".The formation of this construction is mainly influenced by the repression of the construction,and the matching of form and meaning is achieved through two main ways: conceptual integration and the "spatiality" of the antithesis format.At the same time,the internal polarity conduction of language and metaphor promote the consistency of components A and B,meet the entry conditions for entering the structure,and promote the formation of the structure.The conclusion summarizes the research content of the construction "X you A,Y you B",and points out the main innovation points and shortcomings of the paper.