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"go + Vp" And "vp + Go" Comparative Analysis - And The Analects Of Confucius Sequence, Location And Asymmetry

Posted on:2004-12-18Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360092999484Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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This paper begins with a small question----the difference between "Women qu guangjie" and "Women guangjiequ ". These two sentences are generally regarded as same meanings. But order is very important in Chinese language. So, we cannot say these two sentences are same. "Qu guangjie" is one of "Qu+Vp" ,and "Guangjie qu" is one of "Vp+qu". They are both Vp phrase. We think that the two Vp phrase are different. That's why we focus on "Qu+Vp" and "Vp+qu". Firstly, according of semantic difference of "Qu ", structure of "Q+Vp" is divided into three parts. "Vp+qu" too. We find that there are two different "Qu" among "Vp+qu" structures. One means "to go", the other one means "dispose of". They were mixed together before. In addition, we take "Vp+(Directional complement )qu" out of remained "Vp+qu" structure. We think this "Qu" is not a directional complement. In fact it is an element of composing a word. Two departs make "Vp+qu", a complex structure, getting clear and simple.Secondly, we analyses differences between "Qu+Vp" and "Vp+qu". There differences are resulted in differences of two "Qu". Two "Qu" are different on phonetic, semantic and functions. Especially there grammaticalization processes appear dissymmetrical. And two pair symmetrical exist among all of "Vp+qu" structures. Although they are symmetrical, two "Qu" of these two constructions are different. The most important thing is that "Qu maicai" and "maicaiqu" are not symmetrical forms. But they have been regarded as symmetrical structures for a long time. These researchers neglect the importance of order. At last, we get this conclusion: differences of two "Qu" are resulted in there different locations. Actually, it is a dissymmetrical phenomenon. And this phenomenon exists widely in Chinese language.
Keywords/Search Tags:"Qu", "Qu+Vp", "Vp+qu", difference, dissymmetry, symmetrical construction, grammaticalization
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