Study On The Adversative Conjunctions In A Dream Of Red Mansions

Adversative conjunctions is the kind of conjunctions which connect opposite linguistic unit. They can connect word,phrase,clause,sentence and sentence group. Ming and Qing Dynasty is a period of transition from modern Chinese to contemporary Chinese.And language evolved significantly in this kind of period.A Dream of Red Mansions,as the mature writings of written language,reflected the characteristics of the language in the Ming and Qing Dynasty to some extent.This paper adapted the adversative conjunctions in A Dream of Red Mansions as the research point and study these concretely based on the details examples in the original passage and the grammar theory.I try to outline the characters of all the adversative conjunctions history in the latter-day through the small sort.Firstly,the paper made the clear definition of the conjunctions which were chosen.And then made the definition of the adversative conjunctions.According to logical semantics,these adversative conjunctions are categorized into four types.They are instant adversative conjunctions,,counter-expectation adversative conjunctions,compound adversative conjunctions and pretended adversative conjunctions.Then according to the degree of adversative cinjunctions,instant adversative conjunctions are categorized into two type.They are heavy adversative conjunctions and light adversative conjunctions.And then make a metrical description and analysis og the usage and distribution of each conjunctions.Last,the summary. I will get some characteristics and general stlye of the adversative conjunctions in this noval of the time.