Comparative Study On The Recent Meaning Of Odd And Even Syllable Nouns

This thesis takes symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns in《汉语水平词汇与汉字等级大纲》(修订本)as objects, in reference to the former scholars'research on monosyllable and disyllable adjectives, verbs, and adverbs, etc. , uses the related glossary study, the grammar scientific theory and the analysis method of symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns, and the theory of rhythm syntax and cognitive linguistics and so on to research the similarities and differences of the symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns in syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and how did the monosyllable nouns transform into disyllable nouns, namely, the motive and process that the monosyllable nouns evolve to the disyllable nouns.Four parts that compose the thesis are as following:The first part discusses the pragmatic differences of the symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns through analyzing and contrasting their meanings, and classifies them into several categories.The second part focuses on inspecting the similarities and differences of the symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns in syntax from the perspectives of lexical category, collocation and syntactic elements.The third part consults the distinction of the symonymly monosyllable and disyllable nouns in pragmatics from the aspects of language style, use frequency and conditions of the user, etc.During the fourth part, explaining the conditions and reasons of disyllabification with rhythm and cognitive theory from diachronic angles, and discussing the phenomenon and its role through inspecting the changing course of disyllabification.