The degree adverb"Tai(太)"can indicate the extreme and excessive meaning,and the latter is de-rived from the former.The degree adverb"Tai(太)",when used with approving words,can indicate both ex-treme and excessive meaning.When it is used with derogatory words,the extreme meaning of"Tai"is neutral-ized with the excessive meaning,and the extreme meaning is excessive meaning.When it is used with neutral words,semantic deviation will occur in the context."Tai Bu A(太不A)"emphasizes that it completely fails to meet the expected standards or requirements of the speaker,the standard of the prominent degree of the negative meaning is vague,and the derogatory words cannot be entered into this format.At the same time,this paper also analyzes the reasons for the asymmetry between"Tai A"and"Tai Bu A"from the perspective of pragmatics.
degree adverb"Tai(太)"extreme meaningexcessive meaning