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The Study On Focus Possibility Of Sentence Modifier

Posted on:2018-10-11Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W W LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330542974530Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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To certain extant,Modern Chinese technically falls into the category of“focus configurational language",which demonstrates that "the focus structure of a sentence precisely coordinates with its syntactic structure".As a theory aiming to nail down the very corresponding relation between these two counterparts,the principle of end-focus is kind of far from well-developed.Though the distributional states of grammar focus into basic sentence could be well indicated by this principle,the tendency of no-head focus that“adjunction demands to be a focus" verifies its vulnerability of predication.In the process of research,we find the focus mark word has a certain influence on the focus of sentence composition.In addition,the corresponding relation between adjunction and focus of the sentence could well be predicted and explained under "the null theory" claimed by Cinque.On one side,for affording great information,adjunctions incline to play a“discourse focus" role under the effects of“discourse grammar procedure",on the other side,for always standing in the most deeply embedded position Oil the recursive side of branching,adjunctions would also have the inclination of being a grammatical focus under the effects of“formal sentence grammar procedure".Due to the Chinese sentence is relatively flexible,different parts of the sentence can be used to serve as the same words.As a result,even the same words,in the words of different position,the focus of the embodied the strength is also different.In this paper,based on the premise of sentence focus determine,we concluded the intensity sequence of the same word in the sentence as the focal point of the different components.
Keywords/Search Tags:modifier, focus possibility, tendency of no-head-focus
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