현대중국어 ‘一定’의 의미 기능 및 공기 성분 연구

Abstract

This paper examines the semantic functions of ‘Yiding(一定)’ in Mandarin Chinese, and analyzes the characteristics of VP that co-occurs with ‘Yiding(一定)’.<BR> First, divides the semantic functions of the polysemous word ‘Yiding(一定)’ into three: ‘presume’, ‘intensify’, and ‘promise’. In usage, it is found that when ‘Yiding(一定)’ expresses ‘intensify’, auxiliary verbs need to appear together or be used in imperative sentences. To express the ‘promise’ function requires the speaker and the acting subject to be consistent. If this condition is met, the subject can be the first person or the third person, and even the subject is allowed to not appear.<BR> Second, by investigating the actual corpus, it is found that when expressing the three semantic functions of ‘Yiding(一定)’, there is a restriction on the choice of co-occurring VP. If the VP contains aspect marks and the main predicate in the VP are ‘Shi(是), You(有), adjective’ or ‘combinatorial predicate-complement’, then ‘Yiding(一定)’ expresses the epistemic modality of ‘presume’ semantics; If the VP contains the deontic modal verbs ‘Yao(要), Dei(得)’, then ‘Yiding(一定)’ expresses the non-modality that ‘intensify’ the semantics; If VP contains the auxiliary verb ‘Hui(会)’, ‘Yiding(一定)’ expresses the epistemic modality, and the first-person subject will express the deontic modality of ‘promise’ semantics.