On-shaped Verbs

The main function of adjectives is to be predicate and attributive. But sometimes the adjective can act also as object according to the nature of the predicative verb. We mainly make use of Modem Chinese Dictionaxy together with other dictionaries to test and ascertain 271 adjective-as-object verbs. The author examines meticulously the syntax and semantic characteristics of the collocation of verb and adjective object, along with the characteristics of adjective-as-object clauses, in order to have a comprehensive knowledge of adjective-as-object verbs.Adjective object refers to each individual adjective and the phrases with adjectives as key words and grammatically adjective function. Adjectives as objects are mainly formed by adverbials before or complements after adjectives. Each verb that can have an adjective object directly is called an adjective-asobject verb.Objects are classified as noun objects, verb objects, adjective object and clause object in accordance with the nature of the objects. Thus adjective-asobject verbs are made up of all together seven types according to the above four kinds of objects. First of all these verbs are classified semantically as continuous verbs and incontinuous verbs, and further, both kinds are classified respectivety as subclasses. The thesis goes on to discuss the characteristics of each subclass. For example, whether it can function alone as the object, or whether it is repeatable.In the student of Chinese grammar, Zhu Dexi is the first to define the terms 揹eclaration?and 搑eference? pointing out that predicative objects consist of declarative objects and referential objects. The author also examines the descriptive function of the adjective objects of the 271 adjective-as-object verb, concluding that there are four kinds of adjective-as-objects verbs according to different objects, and then the thesis deals with the features of these four adjective-as-object verbs to find out their differences. The descriptive function of an adjective object defends on the nature of the verb before it.An adjective object could be an adjective alone, or an adjective phrase. Some adjective-as object verbs could be followed by an adjective or by an extended adjective phrase, whereas some others could only be followed by an adjective. From the point of view, the thesis studies the relationship between the extended fonns of adjective objects an4~adjective-as-object verbs.1In modem Chinese, the number of verb syllables has certain influence upon the collocation function of the verb and its function as a syntax element. Emphatically, the author studies the selectively collocation feature between adjective-as-object verbs of one and two syllables and adjective objects. We find that so for as collocation adjective object are concerned, adjective-as-object verbs of single syllables are more unrestricted, while those of double syllables are restricted to some extent.The sentence where the adjective plays the role of an object is called an adjective-as-object sentence. Most of this sort of sentences are declarative sentence, some of them interrogative sentence, but no exclamatory and imperative sentences, to be sure.Sentences with ?w.?and 搤i?all have the meaning of disposition. Generally, few adjective-as-object verbs can be transformed directly into sentences with 揈?and 揾? most of them can not.The subject of an adjective-as-object sentence has its own characteristics, namely, it is undertaken by the words that represent place or person or action.