明清时期语气副词“最好”的主观性分析

A Survey of the Subjectivity of the Modal Adverb Zuihao(最好)

在共时平面,"最好"无论作短语还是作语气副词,都能表达主观性,但作语气副词时,主观性最强。在历时平面,相对于现代汉语,明清时期作语气副词的"最好"在句法位置、语篇连接等主观性表现上受到的限制较多。语气副词"最好"可位于主语前也可位于主谓之间,位于主谓之间更能体现"最好"的交互主观性。

On a synchronic level, whether zuihao( 最 好) acts as a phrase or a modal adverb, it can express subjectivity. However, as a modal adverb, it shows the strongest subjectivity. On a diachronic level, comparable to modern Chinese, zuihao as a modal adverb in Ming and Qing Dynasties suffered more restriction in expressing subjectivity in syntactic position and discourse connection. The modal adverb zuihao can either prepose the subject or be placed between the subject and the predicate. But lying between the subject and the predicate, zuihao can better reflect its inter-subjectivity.