A Study on theEvaluation Construction for Disjunctive and Negative Meanings
The Chinese sentence patternof"X is very good,don't(X)next time"is produced and popular on the network.This pattern in Chineseis expressed in the form of a disjunctive complex sentence,and the actu-al semantic relationship between the preceding and the following clauses can be either a disjunctive relationship or a conjunctive relationship.The former clause in its meaning is vague,while the semantics of the latter clause is clear.The construction meaning can be summarized as the euphemistic expression of"X"is not good,and re-fuses to happen again,can express the position of dissatisfaction and sarcasm,helpless self-mockery,comfort and ridicule,etc.At the same time,the tone is euphemistic,and can appropriately express negative evaluation,so the sentence patternof"X(good),don't(X)next time"is anegative evaluation construction based on the politeness principle.
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