Research On The “有一X_量没一X_量” Constructure In Modern Chinese

The contrastive structure "有一 X 量没一X 量" is a common format in modern Chinese. The "X" in it refers to quantifiers. Based on the collected corpus and the results of previous studies, this thesis makes a comprehensive analysis on this structure from three aspects of syntactics, semantics and pragmatics.The whole thesis consists of five chapters. The main contents are as follows:Chapter One is the introduction, which mainly introduces the significance of the research, domestic and foreign research status, research content, the theoretical methods, as well as the sources of corpus.Chapter Two, the thesis defines the nature of the format, and analyzes the type of quantifier "X" through re-classification quantifiers. As a contrastive structure, "有一X量 没一X 量" has solidification and fusion. The "X" is monosyllabic quantifier, which contains larger noun classifiers and verbal measure words and fewer time words. In most cases the two "x" in the structure are same. When the two "X" are different, the properties must be consistent.Chapter Three, the thesis analyzes syntactic function of the structure. One the one hand, the structure can be used as clause in complex sentence, also can be used as sentence part in simple sentence. When acting as the clause, it exists four logical relations with other clauses, such as explanation, causality, disjunction and coordination. When acting as the sentence part, it belongs to adverbial, predicate, attribute, object, complement and subject, which the first three have the whip hand. On the other hand, between the two parts of the format itself is a parallel relationship. The interaction between "有 " ("没") and quantitative phrase "一X 量 " includes two kinds——verb-object and verb-complement.Chapter Four, the thesis analyzes semantic function of the structure. We think the meaning of quantitative phrase "一 X量" has generalized and lost original meaning. There are two kinds construction meaning of the structure:describes behaviors and static state. When the format used to describe the behavior, it expresses the incoherent behavior in a certain period of time. When the format used to describe the static state, it expresses the scattered state of things in a certain range. Based on the two constructional meanings of the format, the thesis also carries on the concrete and detailed semantic analysis from other aspects.Chapter Five, the thesis analyzes pragmatic function of the structure. In the syllables with a beauty of harmony and symmetry, "X" is mainly composed of monosyllabic words, and constitutes a set of three words, which makes a sense of stability and vitality. In the structure with flexibility and productivity, the two "X",different format but close meanings, can still replace each other in the sentence and maintain the original meaning of the sentence. And the structure can also be extended to promote more rich of meaning. In the meaning with richness and complexity, even if the same format in different contexts will have different meanings, and a specific format in a statement will show two or even more meanings. In the expression of emotion with economy and vitality, it both describes objective fact and reflects subjective emotion.The conclusion summarizes the content of the thesis and points out the problems that needs to explore in the next step.