A Research On The Affirmative And Negative Configuration Of The Polar Opposition Adjective

The quantity,color,age and value of the meaning of the adjective and its basic semantic category expresses human cognition in common.In Chinese,the "big" and "small","light" and "heavy","fast" and "slow","new" and "old","good" and "bad" called Polar Opposition Adjective not only have a long history but also are basic vocabulary expressing evaluation and attitude in any eraThis paper studies The Monosyllabic Polar Opposition Adjective,the most representative of adjectives,supported by the survey questionnaire,basing on the majority language sense,and systemically analyses the affirmative and negative forms of The Polar Opposition Adjective and the collocation with The Degrees Adverbs.The paper consists of the following seven parts:The introduction describes the significance of the study and the reference review.The first part establishes subject through the three aspects of relationship and difference and clarifies the relationship of the subject and the mutual relation helping to understand The Polar Opposition Adjective and the research scope of the study.The second part is on the design and explanation of the questionnaire and the analysis and statistic of the investigation results.It lists the two aspects of form and meaning which contains nine forms from A table to I table.From the aspect of form,A table is the on negative form("不X")of two parties("X")of The Polar Opposition Adjective pulsing The Degree Adverb such as "很" in the survey and how many people support the case.The "很不X" can be said or not.Table B is on the negative form("不X")of two parties("X")of The Polar Opposition Adjective pulsing The Degree Adverb such as "最" in the survey and how many people supportthe case.The "最不X" can be said or not.From the aspect of meaning,C,D,E,F,G table is on the statistical results of the meaning tendency of negative form("不X")of two parties("X")of The Polar Opposition Adjective.H,I table is on the statistical results of the meaning tendency of negative form pulsing The Degree Adverb such as "最/很不X" which can be said.The third part mostly analyses the form configuration of the affirmative and negative form of two parties of The Polar Opposition Adjective by the statistical table and explain the unbalance of the affirmative and negative form from two aspects.The fourth part mostly analyses the meaning configuration of the affirmative and negative form of two parties of The Polar Opposition Adjective by the statistical table. From three aspects it discusses the relationship of two parties of The Polar Opposition Adjective,the relationship between the negative form of one party and the affirmative form of the other party,the meaning tendency of negative form pulsing The Degree Adverb.The fifth part explains cognitively the characteristics of the form and meaning by the statistical table,try to find the further reason.The discussion is on four aspects.From form aspect,the selectivity of "X" in "很不X" and its cognitive reason,the selectivity of "X " in"最不X" and its existence value and Potentials.From meaning aspect,the cognitive explanation of the meaning tendency of"不X" and "最/很不X".The sixth part construct a continuum more detailed including the affirmative and negative form of two parties of The Polar Opposition Adjective basing on the research analysis,try to contribute to understand The Adjective more comprehensively.The conclusion points out the limitation and deficiency of this paper and summarizes complete text.