Research On The Construction Of "V Dou Bu Yong V"

"V Dou Bu Yong V" is a frequently used construction in modern Chinese,such as"Xiang Dou Bu Yong Xiang",which can express the speaker’s subjective negation and emphasis function.However,there are still some gaps in the specialized researches,mostly focusing on the construction of "Lian NP Dou/Ye VP"（hereinafter referred to as "Lian"sentence）.This paper investigates this construction from three perspectives:syntactic,semantic,and pragmatic,in an effort to describe it fully and observe it comprehensively.The article is divided into six parts.The first part is the introduction.This article introduces the significance of the selected topic,reviews the current status of related research,including the research on the theory of construction grammar,the research on "Lian" and "Dou" and "Lian" sentences,the research on related verbs and other related verb formats,and discusses the proposed theoretical approach and corpus sources.The second part is the expression of "V Dou Bu Yong V".This part defines the scope of the study of "V Dou Bu Yong V",starting from the basic forms and explaining that the word "Lian" may or may not appear due to semantic reasons.To define the variations of "V Dou Bu Yong V",we discuss the three forms of variation that occur more frequently in the corpus:"（Lian）V Dou Bu Yong V" with the omission of the post-verb,"V Dou Bu Yong（+X）V（+X）" with the addition of X to the post-verb,and "V+X Dou Bu Yong V" with the addition of X to the antecedent verb,which can be regarded as variations of "V Dou Bu Yong V" either by omission or addition,and the nuances are observed.The third part examines the "V" in "V Dou Bu Yong V" and its syntactic function.This chapter shows what features verbs that can enter the construction have:from a formal point of view,the verbs are mainly monosyllabic verbs;from the semantic point of view,they are autonomous and the verbs that can enter the "V Dou Bu Yong V" construction are mainly action verbs,speech verbs,psychological verbs,and a small number of causative verbs and volitional verbs.Secondly,the contextual appropriateness of the "V Dou Bu Yong V"construction in selecting verbs for entry is reflected in the deletion of bisyllabic verbs,the granting of autonomy to some verbs and the entry of special verbs.Finally,"V Dou Bu Yong V" has a stable character,generally acting as a predicate,a determiner,a gerund,or an independent syntactic component in the structure of a sentence.The fourth part is the construction meaning of "V Dou Bu Yong V" and its semantic motivation.After reviewing the scholars’ research,it is concluded that the constructional meaning of "V Dou Bu Yong V".The meaning of the construct "V Dou Bu Yong V" is further interpreted,and the meaning of the construction is to achieve the negation of the full amount of events through the negation of low-level actions,which is highlighted by its negation meaning,that is "it is not necessary to use V at all......"We further interpreted the constructional meaning of "V Dou Bu Yong V" by combining Cui Xiliang’s coded information interpretation and Shen JiaXuan’s "full amount negation" view.Through the analysis of the corpus,the types of the"V Dou Bu Yong V" constructions are divided into three main types of motivation from the semantic point of view:something is too easy,something is too difficult,and something is useless.The fifth part is the pragmatic features of "V Dou Bu Yong V" format.From the perspective of pragmatic functions,the "V Dou Bu Yong V" format has a hierarchical function,a pragmatic magnitude function,an emphasis function,a subjective evaluation function,and an anti-expectation function.Secondly,the analysis of the corpus shows that the main factors influencing the use of the "V Dou Bu Yong V" format are objective reality,personal ability and subjective factors.The sixth part is the conclusion.The conclusion part mainly points out the main points and deficiencies of this paper.The shortcoming is the lack of in-depth research on some materials,such as the development process of "V Dou Bu Yong V"over time,the falling off of the word "Lian" and the grammaticalization process of "Dou".