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A Study on the Discourse Markers of "Wo Gei Ni Shuo" in Modern Chinese
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Abstract
The discourse mark "wo gei ni shuo" is very important in natural dialogue. This study explores the position, pragmatic function and formation of the discourse mark "wo gei ni shuo". Discourse mark "wo gei ni shuo" has three kinds of position in sentences, among which the highest frequency of use found in middle of sentences, and the semantic meaning is mostly directed to the following information unit; The discourse mark "wo gei ni shuo" has four pragmatic functions of emphasizing information, subjective cognition, suggestion evaluation and imperative. The formation of discourse markers is the result of both lexicalization and grammaticalization. Studying the use position, pragmatic function and formation of discourse marker "wo gei ni shuo" is helpful to the development of text teaching and international Chinese teaching.
Keywords
discourse marker, "wo gei ni shuo", use location, pragmatic function, formation and evolution
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Wang,S. (2024). A Study on the Discourse Markers of "Wo Gei Ni Shuo" in Modern Chinese. Advances in Humanities Research,8,64-68.
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