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A Pragmatic Analysis of “qu + VP” and “VP + qu”

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ABSTRACT

According to Construction Grammar, this paper analyzes the constructional meaning of “qu+VP” and “VP+qu”. On this basis, we also discussed the interchange of “qu+VP”, “VP+qu”. In addition, we also put forward some suggestions on the teaching of “qu+VP” and “VP+qu”. Through the analysis, we believe that the construction meaning of “qu+VP” structure can be summarized as “reporting the occurrence of the purpose of the incident,” and “VP+qu” can be summarized as the purpose of the event notice. Because “qu+VP” and “VP+qu” have different constructional meanings, their expressive functions also have significant differences. 1) “qu+VP” and “VP+qu” have narrative functions, but the angle of narration is different. Specifically, “qu+VP” focuses on the event itself, while “VP+qu” focuses on the agent's displacement event. In many cases, the choice of “qu+VP” and “VP+qu” is related to the perspective of the speaker, while the speaker's perspective depends on the specific context. 2) Different from “qu+VP”, “VP+qu” has modal expression function. In different contexts, “VP+qu” can express the modal meaning of “declaring”, “making” and “persuading” respectively. These modal meanings have a restraining effect on “qu+VP” and “VP+qu”.

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