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Research on the Subjective Quantity of Modern Chinese Language Formula “There Is No (X) More W than Y” (“没有(X)比Y更W的(了)”)
Hebei University, Baoding, China
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Open Journal of Modern Linguistics·Volume 08 (2018)·Pages 17–22·Published 10 April 2018·DOI10.4236/ojml.2018.82003
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Abstract
“Subjective quality” is the specific embodiment of language subjectivity in a quantitative category. “There is No (X) more W than Y” is one of the more common structures in modern spoken Chinese, and which has strong subjectivity and large subjective. The paper analyzed subjective construction from subjectivity, inscape, subjective representation and other aspects.
KeywordsSubjective Quantity“There Is No (X) More W than Y”Language FormulaConstruction Elements
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