The Multiple Coercion Analysis On New Jianyu Construction Rang X Fei

Popular expressions are an indispensible part of linguistic study. At the present,the studies on popular expressions mainly concern with the semantic and pragmaticfeatures. The articles on the production mechanism are not commonly seen, nor doesthe research from the angle of Construction Grammar. Some scholars have analysedsuch structures as bei x and hen x, but no systemic research on rang x fei has beenmade up to now. This thesis tries to analyse the rang x fei construction under theframework of Construction Grammar. A theoretical framework MC (MultipleCoercion) Model has been established so as to make a deep analysis on the syntactic,semantic, and pragmatic features of rang x fei construction. On the basis of that, thecognitive mechanism and the pattern of semantic change are hoped to be revealed.This thesis includes five parts.Chapter One Introduction: it will introduce the motivation, methodology, datacollection and the layout of the thesis.Chapter Two Literature Review: it will review the relevant studies and find outthe gap in the previous researches.Chapter Three Theoretical Framework: hoping to fill the gap of the previousstudies, a new theoretical framework will be established. Goldberg’s coercion theorywill be remedied as Multiple Coercion (Syntactic, Semantic, and PragmaticCoercion). A case will be offered as an application of the new model.Chapter Four Data Statistics, Analysis and Discussion: on the basis of datadescription, the MC Model is applied to analyse the syntactic, semantic, andpragmatic features of rang x fei construction, hoping to reveal its cognitivemechanism and the pattern of semantic change.Chapter Five Conclusion: this part deals with the main findings and implicationsof the whole thesis.