"X Is X In Y" Construction Study

"X jiu X zai Y" is a counterpart of form and function,and it is unpredictable.Therefore,it is determined as a construction.Under the guidance of "usage-based model" and"what-you-see-is-what-you-get Approach",the construction meaning of this construction is concluded.Based on Wang Yin's "Construction Coercion" and "Vocabulary Coercion",this paper analyzes and discusses the two-way interaction between construction and components.Before and after the "X" in this construction have the opposite situation of formal symmetry or not.When the form of the "X" is symmetrical,"X" can be morpheme,property adjective,state verb,noun and phrase in form,but the difference is large,the tendency is obvious,and the property adjective is the main one.When the front and rear "X" forms are asymmetrical,from the perspective of internal composition,the front "X" can be divided into four types:verb-object type,fixed Chinese type,combined type and supplementary type,with the verb-object type being the main type.The form of "Y" in the construction is complex and varied.Words,phrases,clauses and even complex sentences can enter,mainly positional phrases and clauses.The semantic features are as follows:[+abstract space location],[+scope],[+aspect].The regular items "jiu" and "zai" form the framework of the construction,and "jiu" is a qualified adverb with the function of emphasis."Zai" is a preposition in the process of grammaticalization.The formation of the "X jiu X zai Y" construction has its internal and external causes.Syntactically,the construction is gradually developed from the copy structure.The first stage of development and evolution is:"X" is mainly a state verb between the verb continuum Vc3 and Vc4;According to whether "X" has an object or not,"jiu" appears selectively;when the object exists,"jiu" appears freely;when the object is omitted,"jiu" inevitably appears;"zai+Y" has been partially loosely combined.The second stage:"X" is mainly a state verb between continuum Vc1 and Vc2;The former "X" object cannot be added,and "jiu" is absolutely necessary.More than half of the "zai+Y" bonds are loose.The third stage:"X" is mainly qualitative adjectives;It is inevitable that "jiu" will appear,and there will be a large number of use cases with high combination of"zai" and "X",even when"X jiu X zai" and"Y" are separated by punctuation marks.Semantically,the grammaticalization and subjectification of the meaning of the construction are the semantic factors for the formation of the construction,which are shown as follows:under the action of the reanalysis mechanism,the construction gradually solidifies and the meaning gradually becomes grammaticalized;At the same time,the process of construction solidification and meaning grammaticalization is accompanied by the process of semantic development from objective to subjective.Pragmatically,the economic principle of language,the need for expression and the frequency of use jointly promote the formation and solidification of construction.In cognition,spatial metaphor mechanism is a cognitive factor in the formation of construction,which belongs to the projection from spatial domain to cause domain.This construction is quite different from the "X" jiu X' zai Y' " format with the same form and different meanings.The" X' jiu X' zai Y' format is developed from the contraction of the hypothetical conditional complex sentence "if...(want)...on...",and different sources are the fundamental reasons for the difference in the choice of variables "X.Y" between the two.This construction is similar to the "X zai Y" format and has many similarities in the choice of "X,Y".