Conventionalization of the Negative Evaluation Collocation Zhe Zhong Ren
The collocation"zhe zhong ren"is frequently used to express negative evaluation.It is rich in form and often used together with an NP referring to people with a negative meaning,a negative attribute predicate,or a modifier.From the perspective of the theory of stance triangle,"personal Pron.+zhe zhong ren"expresses the speaker's negative evaluation of a specific subject or object.The mechanism of the negative evaluation of"zhe zhong ren"includes contextual absorption,politeness principle and generalization mechanism.