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On The Study Of The Sentence Pattern "(NP1)+you+NP2+VP" And Its Origin

Posted on:2011-08-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360302992101Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Bi-constituent sentences always is the central issue in modern Chinese, and the academic community has not the conclusion about its classification, should be canceled or not and so on. This composition primarily describe the sentence pattern"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP",which ties in closely with bi-constituent sentences. And the academic community think it is the bi-constituent sentences about the kind of"you ,wu". But according to synchronic and diachronic materials ,we found the sentence pattern("NP1)+you+NP2+VP"is not only different inside, but also different from bi-constituent sentences.This composition will be on the basis of describing the characteristic of this sentence pattern ,and also prove its origin by synchronic material, and we also try to explain how to originate by Cognitive Linguistics ,In the end ,we compare the sentence pattern"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP"with the bi-constituent sentences, then we make the conclusion that the sentence pattern"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP"is different from bi-constituent sentences on the origin and the inside characteristic, then we can?t say they are the same kind .Firstly, this composition uses the method of Structuralism to describe this sentence pattern minutely. Then we reveal every constituent ?s syntax and semantic . and we use the method of transform analysis to alternate it. We can find , the sentence pattern"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP"is different inside .Combine with their distinctness, we determine the word class of"you"in the sentence pattern, and we explain it by Cognitive Linguistics.Secondly, this composition also discuss the origin of the sentence pattern"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP",we think :1,in the Pre-Qin Period ,"you"had already been started with the indefinite ,but ostensive none;2,the none after"you"expressing"thing"changed into the none expressing"person".3,the none after"you"firstly appeared quantitative phrase, and present the trade of increasing. 4,there is a"NP1"before the"you"as a result of analogy. 5,the None after"you"starts to change into recipient none. At the same time, there is no none before"you"; 6,the none after"you",starts to change into recipient none, and there is a none before"you". This composition will not only describe synchronic change of this pattern of sentence, but also we explain it by the theory of"foregrounding"and"analogy"in cognitive linguistics. At last, we can make the conclusion that the pattern of sentence ("NP1)+you+NP2+VP"in modern Chinese, when"you"doesn?t mean"owning", because people have the ability of making trivial questions change into simple questions. And the language has the principle of economic, so when people use the language, they will integrate two sentences, so make the sentence express more content, then come out this pattern of"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP".At last, this composition compares this pattern of sentence"( NP1 )+you+NP2+VP"with typical bi-constituent sentences and English, then we find their differences and connections. We think, this pattern of sentence"( NP1 )+you+NP2+VP"is different from the typical bi-constituent sentences. And it has two kinds in this pattern of sentence"(NP1)+you+NP2+VP":"you"means"owning"and when"you"isn?t a verb in the sentences, but is a"mark"no meaning. And their mechanisms of production are different. The scholars thought it as bi-constituent sentences, they just only defined it from the elementary meaning of"you", and they thought they are the same from syntax. But from entity , they are different.
Keywords/Search Tags:you, bi-constituent sentence, origin, mechanism of production, analogy, grammaticalization
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