Analysis on the Structure of Chinese Spoken Sentence " V ye bu V"

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10.2991/icsshe-18.2018.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

V ye bu V, construction, verb quantifier complement, meaning of construction, contextual relevancy

Abstract

Taking the commonly-seen expression in spoken language "V ye bu V " (V refers to verb, "ye" means "also" in English and "bu" has the negative meaning in English) as the research object, this paper analyzes the characteristics and meaning of each component of such structure and expounds its discourse functions and contextual features. It is believed from syntactic analysis that the first "V" in "V ye bu V" is actually the omitted form with the same form as the second "V" after the preposition of the verb quantifier complement, evolving from “bu V yi V (negative) > yi V ye bu V (negative) > V ye bu V (negative)”. Moreover, we find by means of corpus statistical analysis that monosyllable V in "V ye bu V " has the overwhelming advantages, presenting unmarked assembly. In the evolution, the whole structure gradually becomes fixed construction. The meaning of this construction is bu V in total or fundamental sense, which is the subjective judgment on deviated anticipation and expresses intensive subjective emotion and attitude.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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AU  - Zhaodi Xing
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TI  - Analysis on the Structure of Chinese Spoken Sentence " V ye bu V"
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 4th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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