Negation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all languages.In Chinese,there are a good number of such negative expressions as“fēi(非)”,“bu(不)”,“méi(没)”,“mò(莫)”,“bié(别)”,“wèi(未)”,“w...Negation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all languages.In Chinese,there are a good number of such negative expressions as“fēi(非)”,“bu(不)”,“méi(没)”,“mò(莫)”,“bié(别)”,“wèi(未)”,“wú(无)”,“wù(勿)”,“fiào(覅)”,“béng(甭)”,“fǒu(否)”,and“miǎn(免)”as well as phrases with one of them.This paper is intended to explore the application of negation in Chinese in two ways:(1)People express positive meanings with negative words or phrases;(2)People express negative meanings with positive words or phrases.The linguistic data employed in this paper come from real life,microblogs,variety shows,short videos,and some hǎobùexpressions from three of China’s four classic novels.展开更多
文摘Negation is a ubiquitous phenomenon in all languages.In Chinese,there are a good number of such negative expressions as“fēi(非)”,“bu(不)”,“méi(没)”,“mò(莫)”,“bié(别)”,“wèi(未)”,“wú(无)”,“wù(勿)”,“fiào(覅)”,“béng(甭)”,“fǒu(否)”,and“miǎn(免)”as well as phrases with one of them.This paper is intended to explore the application of negation in Chinese in two ways:(1)People express positive meanings with negative words or phrases;(2)People express negative meanings with positive words or phrases.The linguistic data employed in this paper come from real life,microblogs,variety shows,short videos,and some hǎobùexpressions from three of China’s four classic novels.
