From Volition Intensity to Egophoric Expression:A Comparative Study on Ningyuan,Ningke,and Zhihao
This paper conducts a comparative study on the volitional adverbs,such as ningyuan,ningke,and zhihao,and discusses their similarities and differences in syntactic expression using the category of egophoricity.At the same time,it explains the impact of volition intensity on egophoric encoding.Firstly,the differences in the volition intensity of this group of volitional adverbs is explored and a volition intensity hierarchy is obtained:ningyuan＞ningke＞＞zhihao.Furthermore,the asymmetric syntactic distribution of the strong volitional adverb ningyuan and the weak one ningke is examined,and it is found that there are differences in the distribution of person and sentence type,as well as in the co-occurrence with evaluative markers,which proves the differences in their egophoric encoding:the former can encode the egophoric meaning,while the latter cannot.The syntactic distribution differences between the strong volitional adverbs ningyuan and ningke are also investigated,revealing the differences in the degree of egophoricity caused by different volition intensities.In short,the paper provides explanation for the syntactic distribution of volitional adverbs by egophoricity,and further explains the correlation between volitionality and egophoricity in Modern Chinese.
volitional adverbsvolition intensityegophoricitysyntactic distribution restriction
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