Modern Chinese-linked Structure

"VP1+VP2+......VPn Construction" is one of the hottest and most difficultproblems in modem Chinese. This dissertation first makes a review and summary of previous studies concerning this problem. Then, the author points out the V+V construction is a primary syntactic structure in modern Chinese. Through analyzing numerous linguistic facts of this construction in old and modem Chinese, and exploring the leading divergence in the definition of its intension and extension, the author illustrates the theoretical justification for the existence of this construction from the angle of general linguistics. In addition a new definition of V+V construction is given based on the linguistic facts of Chinese.According to the new definition, it exists not only in phrases, but also in words. After that, the criteria for VP1 and VP2, their morphological differences with other similar structures, the syntactic and semantic relation of V+V construction and its syntactic functions are also elaborated. According to the relation between VP1 and VP2, the semantic structure of this construction is classified into two kinds: one is syntactic semantic relation; the other is logical semantic relation.In the following part, the case grammar is adopted to analyze the semantic relation between VP1 and VP2. The author studies the administrative levels of the adverbial of this construction. Meanwhile the differences between V+V construction and other similar structures are explained. In the end, the author probes into some of its relative problems, such as the core vocabulary and the sequence of verbs.