Adverb + Noun Structure

"Adverb + N" structure, is the phenomenon that the adverb modify the noun (or noun phrase) there existing in reality in the sentence or the phrase.According to our statistic, every kinds of adverb can find the example entering"Adverb + N" structure, among them especially, the adverb of degree and the adverbof range are frequently seen most. On the other hand, "adverb + quantity structureor quantity noun structure" and "the adverb of degree + N" is the mainest two types.Take quantifier as the standard to distinguish the noun, we discover that from the individual noun to the forbidden quantization noun, it is weakening gradually in space character; hence the possibility of entering the "Adverb + N" structure is improving gradually. According to the word building and semantic character, the nouns which easily entering "Adverb + N" structure commonly can be divided into seven kinds.Analyzing by the three-dimcnsional grammar, "Adverb + N" structure can act as every component of the sentence. Normally, this structure has one valence in semantics, and it has unique pragmatics in the field of language information organization and metaphor rhetoric.Historically, "Adverb + N" structure has existed in the ancient Chinese. The possibility of Adverb in "Adverb + N" structure is related with its syncategorematic level. In Knowledge, the acknowledge mechanism of "Adverb + N" structure is decategorization. The difference of the stored information quantity determines the difference of the structure accepting. "Adverb + N" structure' s semanteme extraction is subjective. Judging from Chinese nature, the thought way is making practicality and its function as a whole, and the understanding mechanism is making a point of understanding but make light of explaining in words, because of the both, "Adverb + N" structure has produced and developed. Seen from the language types, Chinese and English both have this structure, which contains the thought similarity.We predict that the quantity of "Adverb + N" structure will increase and its range will get larger day by day.