The "gòu + adjective" phrase falls into two categories according to the different positions of stress: Category A with the stress on the adjective and Category B with the stress on "gòu"....The "gòu + adjective" phrase falls into two categories according to the different positions of stress: Category A with the stress on the adjective and Category B with the stress on "gòu". This paper presents a series of differences between the two from the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic dimensions. The analysis shows that Category B has a special pragmatic function to give contrast by focusing on "gòu".展开更多
文摘The "gòu + adjective" phrase falls into two categories according to the different positions of stress: Category A with the stress on the adjective and Category B with the stress on "gòu". This paper presents a series of differences between the two from the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic dimensions. The analysis shows that Category B has a special pragmatic function to give contrast by focusing on "gòu".
