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Development And Changes In Common Syllabled Adjectives

Posted on:2012-05-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y J WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330335456306Subject:Chinese Philology
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In this paper, the author uses survey, statistics, functional analysis and other methods to classify, compare and analyze of those selected materials and literature data. On the one hand we want to describe the laws of the properties of the common syllabled Adjectives and the development of their common meaning, the other hand is to find the reasons of the laws.In my research, there are 30 words in total. The ratio of adjective properties of 19 common syllables Adjectives are increased and the data is around 2/3.So, it shows that most of Adjectives experienced a professionizing process. Furthermore, the ratio of adjective properties of 23 words rised when the ratio of nounal properties and verbal properties decreased. It means most of Adjectives come from those words who have substantive meanings. Then we could infer that most of Chinese Adjectives are from Nouns and verbs and the main source would be Nouns. Because Nouns have various qualities, they are extended to be Adjectives easily.In the study of common sense of the words,23 words have absolutely superior meanings.13 words of them had developed these superior meanings in ancient times and another 10 words developed in the later time. It could be deducted that the meanings of most Adjectives also have a professionizing process.Why do most of words' Properties and meaning have this professionizing process? We could find the reason from the relationship between Linguistics and Thinking. Finally, the reason is found: the clarity of thinking.
Keywords/Search Tags:Adjectives, Properties, The meaning of words, Clarity of thinking
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