@article{ART003178899},
author={Liu, Yafei and 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan},
title={On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={75},
pages={231-254},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Liu, Yafei
AU - 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan
TI - On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 75
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 231
EP - 254
SN - 1738-0502
AB - As a basic word in modern Chinese, ‘zhen’ has become a common object in ontological research and Chinese language teaching research. However, the studies still encounter certain shortcomings, particularly in explaining the students’ errors. Based on prior research results, this article analyzes the nature and characteristics of adverb usages of ‘zhen’, and believes that it is a modal adverb and does not have the usage as a degree adverb. The functions expressed by ‘zhen’ can be divided into two types, confirmation and exclamation. The former confirms that a situation is true, while the latter exclaims that a situation exceeds the speaker's expectations. Due to the nature of exclamatory sentences, the situation expressed by the sentence must be something that the speaker has personally experienced, and the situation must be very significant or noteworthy. Therefore, it is easy to mislead us into misunderstanding that ‘zhen’ is a degree adverb. According to the comparison between ‘zhen’ and ‘tai’, ‘duo’, it can be counted to be a typical marker of exclamatory sentences.
KW - modal adverb;exclamative;evidentiality;mirativity;degree implicature
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
ER -
Liu, Yafei and 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. (2025). On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 75, 231-254.
Liu, Yafei and 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. 2025, "On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.75, pp.231-254. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei, 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan "On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 75 pp.231-254 (2025) : 231.
Liu, Yafei, 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage. 2025; 75 : 231-254. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei and 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. "On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.75(2025) : 231-254.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei; 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 75, 231-254. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei; 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 75 231-254. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei, 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage. 2025; 75 : 231-254. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
Liu, Yafei and 郭兴燕 Guo, Xing-Yan. "On the Adverb Usage of ‘Zhen’ — Focusing on Exclamatory Usage" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.75(2025) : 231-254.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.009
