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SThe Formation And Comparison Of "According To "Class Disyllabic Compound Prepositions In Modern Chinese

Posted on:2020-03-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C KongFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330572977294Subject:Chinese Philology
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There are two main ways to form a compound disyllabic preposition "according to,in accordance with,on the basis of,and follow" : One is that the verb part is lexicalized into a verb,and then the verb is turned into a preposition;the other is that the two monosyllabic morphemes are directly combined into a two-syllable preposition.Among them,the disyllabic preposition "according to" is the lexicalization of verb phrases into verbs,and then the verbs are turned into prepositions.The disyllabic preposition "in accordance with,on the basis of,follow" is formed by the combination of two monosyllabic prepositions.The grammaticalization of a compound-like disyllabic preposition is a result of a combination of factors.Among the main factors are: The position of the preposition in the syntactic,the change in the meaning of the preposition caused by the metaphor,and the reanalysis of the sentence.In addition,the grammaticalization of monosyllabic prepositions is also a special reason for the lexicalization of disyllabic prepositions.From the perspective of synchronicity,according to the compound disyllabic preposition "according to,in accordance with,on the basis of,follow" have a similar meaning and use environment.At the syntactic level,the four disyllabic prepositions have the same syntactic position and can be located in the beginning and the middle of a sentence.At the syntactic collocation level,in addition to quoting part-of-speech components and clauses,the prepositions "according to" and "follow" often refer to predicate components.At the semantic level,there are three cases in which the compound disyllabic prepositions are implicit,that is,the looming of the prepositions affects both the structure of the sentence and the semantics,the looming of the prepositions does not affect the sentence structure but affects the semantics and the looming of the prepositions.,and the looming of the prepositions has no effect on the structure and semantics of the sentence.At the pragmatic level,the disyllabic preposition "in accordance with" "on the basis of" has a written stylistic color;while the disyllabic preposition "according to" "follow" has a neutral stylistic color,often in the use of spoken language,and the use frequency of "follow" is higher than that of "according to".In some sentences,the preposition "according to" may draw a conjectural conclusion according to the content of the preposition;and "follow" often used with,it seems,such quasi-auxiliary words as saying,speaking,and so on.
Keywords/Search Tags:Compound disyllabic preposition, Lexicalization and grammaticalization, Compare
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