Two Types Of Bivalent Transitive Verb. On Chinese With Object Phenomenon

This thesis aims at elaborating on the two phenomena that two-valence transitive verbs are not followed by objects in modern Chinese Mandarin. Transitive verbs of Chinese usually can be followed by patient objects, but sometimes they can't be followed by object and still are transitive verbs. Mr. L Shuxiang proposes a corresponding format such as "Zhongguo dui dabai Nanchaoxian dui" "Nanchaoxian dui dabai" in his thesis "on 'sheng 'and 'bai'", which actually embodies two modalities that transitive verbs are or are not followed by objects. We name the format "S (X)+V+O (Y) "-->"S (Y)+V" "a-->b corresponding format". Based on the methods of integrating descriptiveness with interpretiveness, and with theory of cognitive linguistics, this thesis probes into the distribution of various two-valence transitive verbs and verb-complement phrases in "a-->b corresponding format", analyzes the basic frames of two kinds of "a-->b corresponding formats" in Mandarin, and characterizes them respectively.This thesis mainly consists of the following three parts:I. Examinations of two-valence transitive verbs and verb-complement phrases in "a-->b corresponding format".This part introduces Fan Xiao's idea that two-valence verbs can be classified into four kinds, separately examines the conditions of four kinds of two-valence verbs' and verb-complement phrases' entering into "a-->b corresponding format", and proposes two types of "a-->b corresponding format", i.e. Type I and Type II.II, Syntax and semantic characteristics of two type formats . This part compares their difference in semantics and syntax:meanings of sentences before and after transformation are whether essentially consistent or not, and sentences after transformationwhether relate to real tense or not. Meanwhile, we also analyze their similarities: verbs of the two types all have the tendencies that Meanings of independence and cause or treatment are lessened and even are deleted after transformation .III Cognitive and pragmatic understanding of these two type formats.This part discusses the problem how "a-->b corresponding format" chooses semantic role(s) from cognitive and pragmatic perspectives, and proposes that there exists an opposition between unmarkedness and markedness in sentences before and after transformation in this format.