The Comparative Study Of Adverbs Of "Zuzu" And "Zhengzheng"

"Zuzu" and "Zhengzheng" are a pair of synonyms in contemporary Chinese language. They have many differences in meaning and usage, but have not yet attracted the attention of scholars. This paper takes the word "Zuzu" and "Zhengzheng" as the research object, inspects their differences in syntactic, semantic and pragmatic, and explains the reasons. So, the paper is divided into five parts.The first part is a brief introduction, which introduces the background, contents, significance, and method of research.The second part is the study of syntax. First of all, proof that "Zuzu" and "Zhengzheng" are both adverbs. Secondly, describe their similarities and differences from the combination of ability, syntactic distribution and sentence selection etc. Both "Zuzu" and "Zhengzheng" can collocate with continuous verbs, quantitative adjectives and quantity phrases. The difference is that "Zhengzheng" usually collocates with a definite number, but "Zuzu" without this restriction. They usually located in the sentences or at the beginning of the sentences. When in the sentences, they come before or after the verb is restricted by some rules. Both them can be used in declarative sentences, exclamatory sentences and interrogative sentences.The third part is the semantic research. This part compares the two in the semantic, semantic orientation and semantic features. Both them refer to the number, but the "Zuzu" focus on "not less than; enough; to achieve", "Zhengzheng" focus on "to achieve an integer; complete". They usually point to the quantity phrase behind them, but "Zuzu" sometimes can point to forward. Both them refer to "measurement" "Range" and "already". "Zuzu" tends to combine with nominal phrases, while "Zhengzheng" tends to combine with predicate phrases. In addition, "Zuzu" contains lower semantic recognition and more subjective, "Zhengzheng" is just the opposite.The fourth part is pragmatic research. This part mainly compares the two from the style, the focus and the tone. They can be used in spoken and written language, but the frequency of "Zhengzheng" is higher than the other. They also can be used as focus-sensitive operator, but "Zhengzheng" can do the focus itself. "Zuzu" expresses a stronger tone than "Zhengzheng". In cognition, the "Zuzu" highlights "full, saturated", and the process is a dynamic state. "Zhengzheng" highlights "whole, complete", and the process is a static state.The fifth part is a conclusion of the whole paper. This part summarizes the research results of the whole text, and points out the shortcomings.