A Study On The Compairson Between Frequency Adverbs1"Yizai (一再)" And Zaisan (再三) In Modern Chinese

In this paper, the frequency adverb "Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" are the object of study, based on syntactic function, semanticfeatures and pragmatic analysis,to conduct a comprehensive study andcomparison of them.(A) Syntactic FunctionFirstly,compared with "Zaisan（再三）","Yizai（一再）" combines withthe verbs ability is stronger, combines with a wider range."Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" generally can not modify static verbs, theyalways combine with dynamic verbs."Yizai（一再）" can modify four typesof dynamic verbs,"Zaisan（再三）" can only be combined with action verbsand psychological activity verbs.Secondly,"Zaisan（再三）" chooses a more flexible position than "Yizai（一再）" when they combine with the verbs."Yizai（一再）" can only appearin front of the verbs, cannot be placed behind the verbs;"Zaisan（再三）" can be placed in the front of the verb, also can be located behind theverbs to form of "V+Zaisan（再三）" format.Thirdly,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" have a very weak combiningability with tense particle. When they co-existing with the tenseparticle,it has existed a choice sequence of "Le（了）> Guo（过）> Zhe（着）".(B) Semantic FeaturesThis part mainly discussed the vocabulary meaning, the timecharacteristics and the quantity characteristics of "Yizai（一再）" and"Zaisan（再三）".Firstly,"Yizai（一再）" emphasizes the action of repeated,mainlypresents events, actions and so on have one state or the results;"Zaisan（再三）" emphasizes the number of actions,mainly presents events, actionsand so on have a sequential occured process. Secondly,in the phase terms,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" cannot express the static phase structure,only express the dynamic phasestructure."Yizai（一再）" is more inclusive than "Zaisan（再三）" whensaid the phase structure of sentences,"Yizai（一再）" can be appliedto all the dynamic situations,"Zaisan（再三）" can only represent theactivitiy situation.In the tense terms,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" always parallel to the reference time.The tense characteristic of"Yizai（一再）" performance for the past and present,it can not be usedto represent a sentence of time in the future;The tense characteristicof "Zaisan（再三）" performance for the past, present and future.Thirdly,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" are discrete, uncertainand measurable."Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" reflect the amountof action must be "bounded",discreteness is the root cause of thedifferences in phase characteristics."Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" reflect the amount of frequency is vague and non-specific."Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" reflect the interval quantity of the incidentwhen there is a size sequence of "Yizai（一再）">"Zaisan（再三）","Yizai（一再）" inclines to the incident in a long period of time,"Zaisan（再三）" inclines to the incident took place in a relatively short periodof time.(C) Pragmatic analysisThis part mainly observed the different choices of sentencecategory,sentence patterns and the style of language of "Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）".Firstly,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" can appear in declarativesentences and interrogative sentences,they will not appear in theimperative sentences and exclamatory sentences."Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" are mostly used in the affirmative sentences,a few can betogether with the negative adverb "no" in the negative sentences."Yizai （一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" can be used in the wh-questions anddisjunctive questions,they cannot appear in the alternative questions.Secondly,"Yizai（一再）" can be used in the "ba（把）"-sentences andthe passive sentences,it has a very flexible position withprepositions."Zaisan（再三）" only can appear in the preposition-marked-passive-sentences(PMPS),it has a relatively fixed position.Thirdly,"Yizai（一再）" and "Zaisan（再三）" are mostly used in thewritten style,less for the literature style,almost are not used for thespoken style.