Position Change of"nenggou/neng/keneng"in a Verb-Complement Structure with"de"
In a verb-complement structure with"de","nenggou"and"neng"usually express root modality.Their positions in a resultative complement structure is determined by the semantics of the sentence and theoretically cannot be changed.In a descriptive complement structure,if not being influenced by scope factors,their positions can be variable but they are basically located before"de"as shown in examples.In a verb-complement structure with"de","keneng"expresses epistemic modality,and if not being influenced by scope factors,it can be before or after"de".The position of"nenggou","neng"and"keneng"before or after"de"is variable for the following factors.First,the verb-complement structure with"de"can be regarded as a multi-verb structure connected in a cosubordinate way at the core of the main and complement clauses.Second,"de"indicates that there is an implicational relationship between the main and complement clauses,and the complement clause is usually the focus.
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