The Study Of Modern Chinese Identity Discourse Markers

Discourse markers are very common in everyday language,and many scholars at home and abroad have carried them out at present.Many researches have been made in many aspects,but there still have some room for further improvement and in-depth research on the formation and specific functions of some modern Chinese discourse markers.The research object of this paper is the discourse markers of identity in modern Chinese.In view of the fact that the research on identification discourse markers in academic circles is still not comprehensive at present,and there is a lack of research on identification discourse markers in modern Chinese,which are classified according to pragmatic functions,it is necessary to get rid of the limitations of traditional research on single discourse markers and to conduct a comprehensive study on modern Chinese identity discourse markers.This paper creatively divides the six examples of ”ke bu(shi),queshi/deque,yeshi/hao” in identification discourse markers into three different categories:strong linguistic force,middle linguistic force and weak linguistic force from the perspective of “linguistic force” in act theory,it mainly explores the following questions:1.What are the factors that affect the use of the internal subcategories of identification discourse markers?2.Analyzing the partial discourse patterns of each subcategory within the identification discourse markers and their influence on various patterns.3.Analyzing the discourse functions of the subcategories within the identification discourse markers and the reasons for the difference of various functions.4.Analyzing the evolution mechanisms and causes of the subcategories and how the degree of’ linguistic force” manifested in it?This paper draws the following conclusions in view of the above problems:1.The main factors affecting the internal use of the identification discourse markers are: the communication purpose,interest relationship,affinity and power relationship,speaker’s emotional state,ect.2.The text distribution patterns of strong linguistic force are“S1+X+S2”and”S1+X”,while the text distribution patterns of Chinese linguistic force are”S1+X+S2”,”X(+S1)+S2”and”X+S1”,the text distribution pattern of weak linguistic force is”S1+X+S2”.we found that the difference of current discourse distribution patterns is the difference of”X”,which has strong,medium and weak linguistic force,thus affecting their respective discourse distribution,and the difference of discourse distribution patterns also reflects the process of different linguistic force recognition.;3.This paper discusses its discourse function from the aspects of textual and interpersonal function.The description of textual function is mainly analyzed from the perspective of turn position.The textual functions of the strong mainly include turn-taking,turn-continuation,topic retrieval,topic conversion and turn-taking;the textual functions of the middle category mainly include turn-opening,turn-taking,topic establishment,topic continuation and topic emphasis;and the textual functions of the weak category mainly include turn-opening,turn-taking,topic conversion and topic continuation.In terms of interpersonal functions,the interpersonal function of the strong language class mainly include answering,politeness,grabbing turns,exclamation and irony,the interpersonal functions of the middle language class mainly include topic support and topic prominence,and the interpersonal functions of the weak language class mainly include conversation cooperation and concession.It can be found that the strength of language power is positively related to the complexity of discourse and interpersonal function;4.On the evolutionary mechanism,the strong linguistic force is lexicalization and grammaticalization,the middle linguistic force is lexicalization,grammaticallization and subjectivization,and the weak linguistic is semantic generalization and weakening.In terms of causes,the formation of the three types of discourse markers is influenced to varying degrees by pragmatic motivation,structural reanalysis,frequency of use,politeness principle and economy principle.The difference of semantic recognition between the three categories in the evolution process affects the difference of the degree of linguistic force,and the distribution between strong,medium and weak semantic affirmation leads to the difference between strong,medium and weak.