Title: A Comparative Study of Degree Adverbs in Zuo Zhuan(左传) and Guo Yu(国语)
Abstract: Degree adverb is an important subcategory in the adverbial system of Chinese.The paper selects Zuo Zhuan(左传) and Guo Yu(国语),two important classical works in the pre-Qin days,as the subject of study,and summarizes the system of degree adverbs in the two books respectively into three categories,namely,adverbs expressing greatness of degree,adverbs expressing change of degree,and adverbs expressing declining of degree.Based on the description,statistical analysis and comparison of degree adverbs in the two books respectively,we can gain an insight into the characteristics and usage of degree adverbs used in the two books aforementioned and during the pre-Qin period at large.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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