A Study On Symmetry And Asymmetry Of "多/少" As Adverbial Modifier

According to cognition and"three planes"theory, this paper explores the symmetry and asymmetry phenomenon in"多/少+VP/AP", describe the regularity of asymmetry and make further explanation. The whole paper consists of three parts.The first part analyze the symmetry phenomenon of"多/少"as adverbial. This kind of symmetry includes not only structure symmetry but also semantic one. Due to the differences of ingredients of动量,时量and名量which are put behind VP followed by"多/少", we find out verb structure which is modified by"多/少". In addition, it is also found that the real semantic association ingredients of"多"and"少"are other ingredients behind verb rather than verb itself. Confusion is very easily to be caused if"多/少"is used alone for modifying verb.The second one research significance asymmetry and structure symmetry of"多/少"when it serves as adverbial modifier. Primarily , describe and analyze significance asymmetry and structure symmetry of"多/少+VP". We can see the different meanings in the same semantic circumstance."多"indicates the increase of quality as opposed to"少"which represents not decrease of quality, but stop and forbiddance. Next is"多/少+AP". Adjective occurred in"多+AP"can be roughly divided into the following several categories: Category one, admire human being and substance, or symbolize unexpected surprising. Category two, satirize human being and substance, or show some dissatisfaction and mercy feeling. Category three, neutral word which betrays different feelings in different semantic condition. Adjectives which can be seen in"少+AP"are supposed to be of independence and be under control of subjective purpose. Non-subjective adjectives can not enter this pattern. At the same time, adjectives in this sort of pattern must be also of sensation feeling, namely, derogatory sense or commendatory.The three one is significance symmetry and structure asymmetry of"多/少"which is used for adverbial modifier. One, have"少+VP/AP"and have not"多+VP/AP". The adjectives which can be modified by this sense of"少"should also have certain semantic feature and be [+不如意]. The main reason is that"少"itself signals few quality. And representing negation through few quality makes tone seem to be more circumbendibus. Two, have"多+VP/AP"and have not"少+VP/AP". Such sentence pattern represents a kind of [+积极] sentence feature. So we can say that"少"can not be seen in such sentence pattern that makes use of this sense of"多". Three, have"很少/极少+VP"and have not"很多/极多+VP"."很少"represents"不经常", while"很多"does not represents"经常"."极少"is more easily to be considered to be one word from the syntax feature because it...