A Study On The Comparison Between Frequency Adverbs "频频"and"屡屡"in Modern Chinese

Based on syntactic features,semantic features,and pragmatic features,this thesis is a comparative study of"频频"and"屡屡"。In the first chapter,the differences in syntactic features of the Frequency Adverb"频频"and"屡屡"are compared and analyzed through the Cognitive theory.Firstly,the Process verbs of Ve and Vd1 can be modified by both"频频"and"屡屡".Comparing with"频频","屡屡"only modify the Action verbs which added a resultative complement.Secondly, When the verbs are modified by"频频"and"屡屡",neither the auxiliary verb"了"nor"过"can be placed after the verbs.The auxiliary adverb"着"can not exist together with"屡屡",while"频频"can . Furthermore, in the subject and predicate(S-P) structure"××频频","频频"can be the predicate,which"××"indicated the verbs with two syllables.But,"屡屡"can not be the predicate.These different semantic features of"频频"and"屡屡",we think ,are caused by their different scanning patterns."频频"is sequential scanning while"屡屡"is summary scanning.In the second chapter,we discuss the different semantic features between"频频"and"屡屡".As some researchers said ,there is an antithesis in the time features among"频频"and"屡屡"."频频"indicates short time ,"屡屡"indicates long time We can not agree with the antithesis , because both"频频"and"屡屡"can unrestrainedly indicate long time and short time.Through our investigations ,"频频"can be used in the past tenses and the present tense,even in the future tense,while"屡屡"only use in the past tense.Besides,based on different scanning patterns,there are some different semantic features between"频频"and"屡屡".First of all,"频频"is procedural,whlie"屡屡"is non-procedural.Secondly,"频频"is continuous while"屡屡"is non-continuous.Last but not least,"频频"is dynamic while"屡屡"is non-dynamic.In the third chapter, we focus on the pragmatic features of"频频"and"屡屡".Both"频频"and"屡屡"can be used in Statements and Wh-Quentions, neither"频频"nor"屡屡"can be used in Yes-No Quentions and Alternative Quentions.When"频频"and"屡屡"are used in Statements,they are the focuses of the sentence.For the Active Voice,both"频频"and"屡屡"can be used in general Active Voice and"把"- sentence which express arisen termination, neither"频频"nor"屡屡"can use in"把"-sentence which express non-arisen termination.Besides"屡屡"can not use in the"把"sentence which express no termination while"频频"can.For the Passive Voice,both"频频"and"屡屡"can be used in the"被"-sentence which is in the past sentence,both"频频"and also can use in the passive sentence whose predicate is passive verb,like"受","遭","挨","遭受".For the causative Voice,both"频频"and"屡屡"can use in"使"- sentence,causative"把"- sentence,obligatory sentence,factitive sentence and causative V-得-sentence, neither"频频"nor"屡屡"can be used in the compound causative.Besides,"屡屡"can modify the causative markers while"频频"can not.In the last part,we observed the choices for style by"频频"and"屡屡".Both"频频"and"屡屡"mainly be used in news writing style and literature style, they rarely be used in colloquialism and scientific style. Neither"频频"nor"屡屡"can be used in the document style.