“形容词+子”构成名词规则的考察

On Nouns in the Pattern 'Adjective+zi'

考察“形容词+子”格式构成名词规则发现,只有单音节形容词可以通过这一规则构成名词,但是具有很强的限制性。这类名词中的“子”功能不同,有的是词缀,有的是类词缀。这类名词从语义上可以分为不同的类别,在使用上具有口语色彩,其中表人的部分还具有一定的感情色彩。

This article makes an analysis of nouns in the pattern 'adjective + zi' on its limited productivity,as well as its semantic characteristics and pragmatics characteristics.It is proposed that only some monosyllabic adjectives can add 'zi' to form nouns.In addition,there are two kinds of 'zi' in these nouns,some 'zi' are affixes,and others are semi-affixes.Featured by oral color and some with emotional color,such nouns can be divided into different categories from the semantics perspective.