A Study On The Combination Of The Time-quantity Phrase And The Event Noun

This paper is a study on structure of the time-quantity phrase and the event noun. It includes two basic types:â… the time-quantity phrase+ the event noun,â…¡the event noun+ the time-quantity phrase. Such as 'fu qi san nian', and 'san nian fu qi','hai wan zhan zheng shi nian', and 'shi nian hai wan zhan zheng'etc..This article analyses these two parts:the time-quantity phrase and the event noun, from semantic and syntactic rules.According to the methods of measurement, the time-quantity phrase can be divided into two parts:measurement one and assessment one; According to the objects of measurement, the time-quantity phrase can be divided into three parts:the time-period, the time-frequency and ordinal number time-quantity phrase; According to the styles of expression, the time-quantity phrase can be divided into ontology one and replace one; According to whether it is determinate, the time-quantity phrase can be divided into determinate one and un-determinate one. The measurement and the expression of the time-quantity phrase are often influenced by subjective and objective conditions. There are three types:ordinal No.+ time-noun, cardinal No.+ time-noun, mei (ge)+No.+ time-noun. And it can act different parts in the sentence.The event noun includes different kinds, such as the weather, the disaster, the movement, the time period, the relationship, the process, the action, the abstract, etc.. It has two characteristics about something and action. It can be combined with quantity, verb and locality.I the time-quantity phrase+ the event nounAccording to the different time-quantity phrases in this type, the combination can be divided into time-quantity phrase and un-time-quantity phrase, equal time-quantity phrase and reduction time-quantity phrase, determinate time-quantity phrase and un-determinate time-quantity phrase; According to the different event nouns in this type, it can be divided into dominant time-quantity phrase and recessive time-quantity phrase, the one related with people and not related with people, controlled phrase and un-controlled phrase. In this type, the event nouns have the characteristics of un-special and time. The time-quantity phrase has three types:the period, the time-frequency and the ordinal number time-quantity phrase. The pragmatic of this type includes:omitting, rhetoric and extension.II the event noun+ the time-quantity phraseThis type is usually used in the newspaper headlines. The event noun has the characteristics of special and time. The time-quantity phrase has two types:ordinal No.+ time-noun, cardinal No.+ time-noun, with the characteristics of determination, with the influence of longer or shorter, with the different types of time:duration time, after duration time and process time. This type has the characteristics of reporting, topic, name, implication, and simplification.These two types have the same parts, and different structure. They have the similarity and differences. This study analyses them from semantic and syntactic rules and pragmatics, finding their differences and the method to transformation.