On the Structure"Lian A Dai B"in Modern Chinese:On the Basis of Fiction Corpus of Lao She,Classical Writer in Vernacular
Through investigating and analyzing the language of Lao She's novels,we can find the func-tional characteristics of the structure"lian(连)Adai(带)B"in modern Chinese.Here are 7 kinds of nouns,verbs,adjectives,pronouns,distinguishing words,non-word morphemes and phrases that can enter the format of"lian(连)Adai(带)B",and the part of speech must be consistent.The forms and occur-rences of this structure are mainly shown in quadrisyllabic words.Nominal"lian(连)Adai(带)B"consists of nouns,pronouns,distinguishing words,nominal non-word morphemes and nominal phrases,denoting the meaning of how two different interrelated things in the same space-time context act at the same time;adjective"lian(连)Adai(带)B"with relative antonyms all refers to how the same kind of persons or things with the quality of A and B act at the same time;for verbal"lian(连)Adai(带)B",the autonomous verbs that are controlled by subjective will can enter the position of A and B,and the whole structure means the same kind of immediate or simultaneous actions taken by the same subject;adjective"lian(连)Adai(带)B"is com-posed of adjectives expressing the nature and state of negative dissatisfaction,which means the same subject having two dissatisfactory states at the same time.
vernacular classicsLao Sheconstruction"lian(连)Adai(带)B"quadrisyllabic word