A Diachronic Study On The Three Synonymous Sets Of Chinese Disyllable Verbs

The thesis mainly discusses the diachronic evolution of the three pairs of synonymous disyllable verbs—"zhengli(整理)","feibang(诽谤)"and"jiuji(救济)".Through the analyses,firstly,discusses the process of lexicalization of these pairs of synonyms.secondly,carefully analyzes the related grammar structure and the change of argument configuration of the related verbs,and tries to reveal the differences of each pair of words in modern Chinese.Based on this,it discusses the differences of each pair,in order to describes that construction evolution and lexical development are covariant.The thesis consists of three parts.Part one is an introduction. It reviews the current situation of the study of Chinese vocabulary, presents the main contents and significance of the research, and briefly introduces the study method and theoretical foundation of the thesis.Part two consists of chapter one,chapter two and chapter three.It respectively discusses the diachronic evolution of the synonymous disyllable verbs"zhengli(整理)","feibang(诽谤)"and"jiuji(救济)".Firstly,according to the previous research,it briefly describes the syntactic distribution of the words of each pair in modern Chinese;secondly,it comparatively analyzes their lexicalization and syntactic evolution;lastly,it reveals the syntax differences of the words of each pair in modern Chinese from their historical origins:1."zhengdun(整顿)"refers to the behaviors of the measures from the official or organization,to acceapt the patient objiect,having the noun usage;"zhengli(整理)"refers to the specific behavior from one person,accepting the patient objiect,having the noun usage;"liaoli(料理)"was used in the lives,could be located in the front in the serial-verb,having no the noun usage.2."feibang(诽谤)"is used in written language,especially the legal document,having the general usage of noun.having the noun usage."dihui(诋毁)"and"huibang(毁谤)"are generally used in the spoken language,rarely having the noun usage.3."jieji(接济)"is used to cope with an emergency,usually person to person or family,accepting the beneficial objiect,material objiect,reason objiect,having the noun usage."jiuji(救济)"refers to that goverment agencies or social organizations aid to disaster,victims,refugees and unemployed,the noun usage being general."zhenji(赈济)"refers to that the goverment provide disaster relief,and gave the mean to the"jiuji(救济)"now."zhouji(周济)"refers to the general assistance,rarely having the noun usage.Part three is chapter four. Based on the case study and according to the relationship betwen the syntactic evolution and the lexical development, it illustrates that differences of the synonyns in modern Chinese relates to not only the semantic but also the diachronic evolution.