Semantic Foundation And Restriction Of The Converting From VC To VPC In Modern Chinese

VC and VPC are two frequently used Predicate-Complement Constructions in modernChinese, they have a itimate relation on both syntactically and synmantically level,whichhas constantly been remaining as a hot topic in the field of modern Chinese grammar study.In this paper, we will continue our effort on this issue based on predecessors. Our inquiry isbased on solid investigation over a wild range of corpus pool and carefully examining onlanguage facts. In this paper, we started with studying synmantic character of VC and VPC,on the basis of which we try to study thoroughly the special relationship of them and thereason why can they convert with each other and what are the restrictions in the process.Results of our study are presented in5chapters.In chapter one, we introduce the aim and content of our study and briefly summarizeworks of predecessor on this very topic. After that, we will briefly introduce the range andsub-types of―VC and―VPC” and the source of corpus we used in researching.In chapter two, we illustrate synmantic characters of VPC with the aid of relativetheories of cognitive linguistics, and classified VPC into two types. We compare both―能VC” and―Verb Description Construction” with VPC in oder to illuminate the property ofVPC, and for the same reason we will explain the―C-Seclection Criterion‖existed in theprocess of expressing VPC. At the end of this chapter, we are summing up all the strictionsin the converting between VC and VPC.In chapter three, we examine the possibility and synmantic foundation of theconverting between VC and VPC, and will propose our own opinions over this issue. Wethink the converting relationship between VC and VPC has been effect deeply byconceptual categories they belong to. We are attending to prove VC and VPC share oneevent structure, and describe synmantic differences between them.In chapter four, we select part of verbs from Chinese Verb-Usage Dictionary, andexamine their condition of using as V in VC and VPC. After investigation, we analyzecharacters of V in VPC and compare it with V in VC in order to find out synmantic restrictions among converting between VC and VPC. We propose that V in VPC owns theproperty of―Realizability”.In chapter five, we classify results and analyze characters in VPC on the basis. In thispart we investigate mainly adjectives, direction verbs and general verbs to inspect thefrequency of them using as C in VPC with the aid of CCL corpus pool (netversion). Inorder to analyze comprehensively, we reffered outcome of Ma Zhen and Lu Jianming’spaper Investigation of Adjectives Using as C in VC, and others’ findings. At the end of thischapter, we generalize characters of C in VPC as―Realiztion”‖, and prove this property of Crestricts the converting between VC and VPC.