A Quantitative Study Of Multiple-attributive Phrases And The Uses Of "de" In The Phrases

Based on the empirical methods of Corpus Linguistics， the thesisattempts to answer the following questions. The first one is about thedefinition of multiple-attributive， and the number of its categories. Thesecond one is about it’s ingredients and their distribution in the attributivepositions. The third question is whether there is a preferred sequence inmultiple-attributive，which is a typical and commonly used form of thestructure. The last one is about the rules of using “de” in Multiple-attributive Phrases.Taking some corpus in BDTB as the research object and drawinglessons from Computer Linguistics， the thesis adopts quantitativeresearch method to describe the corpus, records it as a sequence, builds amathematic statistics model, which is used to count the number andcategories of sequences and then makes an explanation.According to the study， the thesis makes a new definition ofmultiple-attributive and distinguish it from complex single-attributive. Itgets rid of some wrong classifications which don’t match the syntax ruleand language phenomenon. It’s very important to make a right distinguishof research object before the formal study， because it’s a principle inscientific research work, but not a individual Preference.The thesis makes clear the grammatical items in multiple-attributivePhrases，as well as the rules of using “de”in it. Based on the results，the thesis points out that the results could be used in teaching Chinese asa foreign language.