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Modern Chinese Conjunctions "X And" Vocabulary Of The Problem "X" With

Posted on:2014-07-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y ZhaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2265330425456087Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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"Er" as a conjunction in Chinese is mainly used to connect two items. However, in modern Chinese,"er" in "X-er" conjunctions and "Er-X" conjunctions are not for connection. Instead, it only constitutes one component of two-syllable words and its relationship with "X" is inconsistent with the modern Chinese word formation grammar. These two types of words are the result of cross-layer structure lexicalization in the development of Chinese language."Er-hou" and "Ji-er" are conjunctions in modern Chinese that are used to continue the narration."Er-hou" experienced an evolution process as follows:serial verb construction "VP1+er+hou"â†'serial verb construction"[Xian/Qian+NP1]+er+[Hou+NP2]"â†'"Er+Hou+VP" And since the pre-Qin period, the structure "Er+Hou+subject-predicate phrase" had evolved continuously. Gradually "Er" stuck to "Hou" until in the Han dynasties they stuck together as a conjunction "Er-hou".The evolution process of "Er-hou" works like this:serial verb construction "Ji NErVP2"â†'Empty object "Jier+VP2"."Ji" and "Er" show themselves together and they form a word "Ji-er" in the Song dynasty, which connects two clauses.Four kinds of structure are closely related to the evolution process of "Ran-er":"Ran+Er+VP1(zhe)+VP2Ye","Ran+Er+VP"," Ran·Er+Subject-predicate phrase"," sui/XerXyi…… Raner".The evolution process of "Cong-er"and "Yin-er" works like this:serial verb construction "Cong NErVP2"â†'Empty object "Conger+VP2",and the time as a word is in the Tang and Song Dynasties;Serial verb construction "Yin NErVP2"â†'"Yin Zhi/Ci ErVP2"â†'Empty object "Yiner+VP2".The formation of the word "Er-kuang" is closely related to "Er+Kuang……hu",and the formation of the word "Jin-er" is related to the cross-layer structure "Jin-er" and adverb "Jin-er"."X-er" and "Er-X" type of conjunctions all come from across the cross-layer structure of lexicalization.Linear adjacent, again analysis, and trend of Chinese vocabulary of dual syllables and the position of them are the main motivations of their lexicalization.
Keywords/Search Tags:conjunction, "X-er", "Er-X", cross-layer structure, lexicalization
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