| The"Attempt"category of Modern Chinese (hereafter refers to as"Attempt"category) is a syntax category. Presently, the achievement of this domain by the cross-sectional method is more than that by the longitudinal method. The research by cross-sectional method is mainly related to the verb research, fragmentary disperser, but also has many disputes. The author thinks that the deeper to know this category, the better to solve the various aspects question of this category. The language is the synthesis of the form and the meanings, in the language tradition, specially in the grammar research tradition, everybody are often from the form obtaining the research question, because it is easy to be analyzed. However, with linguistics research developing, we already realized that regarding Chinese this kind of analysis language, obtaining the analysis method from the meanings has its vital role. Therefore, this article draws up from the meanings angle, mainly by the cross-sectional method, describes and analyses the"Attempt"category systematically. The first part summarize the present studies and outline the correlation research preparation; The second part define what is"Attempt"category, and initially explain the contents of this category; The third part classify the"Attempt"category based on core verb semantic characteristic; The fourth part discuss the"Attempt"category's grammatical meanings; Fifth part analyze the grammatical form of"Attempt"category, obtaining the form and the meanings mutually verifies; The sixth part based on the actual language material investigation, discuss the difference of"Attempt"various grammatical form; The seventh part analyze this category from a new angle, by Functional Grammar, emphasizing the application value of this category; Finally, summarize this article's research situation and the existence insufficiency. |