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The Discussion of “shi……de” focus construction and its relevant problems

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2018, (49), pp.3-20
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2018..48.002
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : August 31, 2018

유림(刘林) 1

1남경사범대학 국제문화교육학원

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The “shi……de”focus construction(SD) does not include “shi” judgement sentences and it should be classified into two types: “shi……de” construction1(SD1) expresses a strongly subjective and confirmatory mood, while“shi……de”construction2(SD2) expresses an ascensive and achieved mood. SD1 and SD2 have different syntactic performances. “shi1” in SD1 is an adverb with a strong subjectivity, and “shi2” in SD2 is a quasi-adverb with a definite exclusivity. “De1” in SD1 is a particle for modality and “De2” in SD2 is a particle for state-of-affairs. SD1 confirms a situation which the hearer didn’t know beforehand, while SD2 emphasizes a certain aspect of an achieved event which has been known by both the speaker and hearer beforehand.

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