On the Construction"Yejiu+Quantitative Structure"of Subjective Small Quantity
"Yejiu+Quantitative Structure"in modern Chinese is a construction that can express the meaning of subjective small quantity with a subjective evaluative and slight contempt.When the adverb"Jiu"expresses the meaning of small quantity,it can be left-associated or right-associated,but"Yejiu"can only be right-associated.The interaction between the component"Ye"and"Jiu"on the grammatical level and the inter-action between the form and meaning of the construction jointly activate the scalar relationship of"low on the right and high on the left".In terms of pragmatic performance,"Yejiu+Quantitative Structure"can show the deviation of expectation and the comparison of scalar.And it needs to be based on certain reasons when using it.
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