The Co-occurrence Research Of Modal Words “了” & “的” And Degree Adverbs “太”& “怪”

According to the difference of various degree adverbs and the semantic features, emotional colors, and scale standards of the modal words at the end of the sentences, the combination of degree adverbs and modal words at the end of the sentences has different options, such as the combination of the degree adverb “也”and the modal word "了”, or the combination of “怪”and “的”. In the process of this kind of mutual selection and contrast, some combinations like “太……了”and “怪……的” have formed a fixed and stable structure, which shows its unique grammatical function.We’ve found that “太……了”&“怪……的”, which are the combinations of the degree adverbs “太”&“怪” and the modal words “了”&“的”, are the basic forms for the degree adverbs “ 太 ”&“ 怪 ” to be predicate to modify adjectives.However, “了”&“的” are not mandatory ingredients in the structures of “太……了 ”&“ 怪 … … 的 ”. According to the context and the pragmatic needs, we are givenchoices of co-occurrence andnot co-occurrence. When the degree adverb modifying an adjective as predicate, the modal words in the structure “了”&“的”can be regarded as an attached component in the grammatical aspect, which has two cases—co-occurrence and not co-occurrence. The combinations of the modal words “了”&“的” and the degree adverbs “太”&“怪” in not co-occurrence case are rare, and generally exist in complex sentencesas a clause part. Besides, in the research of the negative cases of co-occurrence and not co-occurrence in the combinations of degree adverbs and modal words, we found that different degree adverbs have different external forms with slight difference in semantic pointing when in opposite distribution and expressing negative intention.In order to explore the reasons for the co-occurrence case of degree adverbs like “ 太 ”&“ 怪 ” and modal words like “ 了 ”&“ 的 ”, we’ll study the internal mechanism of the fixed combinations of “太……了”, ” 太……”, “怪……的”and “怪……”. Regarding to the development process of accidental combinations on the expression for different degree of subjective feelings to relatively fixedstructure form, we believe that the difference between “太……了” and “太……”is mainly due to Complete Sentence Theory, Sentence Boundarization and Tense-body Correspondence, while the difference between “ 怪 … … 的 ” and“ 怪 … … ” is mainly caused by Highlighting Need and Focus Theory. Yet, the structure difference of “太……了” and “怪……的” is primarily generated by cognitive structure and pragmatics. From the cognitive point of view, when“subjective rating” > “psychological reference rating”, the “太……了” sentence structure will be used; when “psychological reference rating” <“subjective rating”,the “怪……的” sentence structure will be used. While from the pragmatic point of view, when expressing the change of semantics, the “了” structure, in other words the “太……了” sentence structure, will be used; when expressing highlighting meaning or emphasizing degree adverbs, the “的” structure, in other words the“怪……的” sentence structure, will be used.