현대중국어 ‘很会’와 ‘很能’의 의미 분석

Abstract

The present study examines how ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ in modern Chinese can signify [evaluation], [prediction], and [frequency]/[usability]. For the discussion of ‘很会’ and ‘很能’, the paper first examines examples from the corpus material; based on the components following ‘很会’, the examples are categorized as: ‘很会’, ‘很会+N’, ‘很会+a’, and ‘很会+VP’. Furthermore, depending on the component attached to ‘很能’, the examples are categorized as: ‘很能’ and ‘很 能+VP’. The paper analyzes the significance of these different categories. Through the analysis of ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ based on the corpus, the sentence or illocution of ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ can largely be categorized into three areas: [evaluation], [prediction], and [frequency]/[usability]. However, the signifying and functional dimensions of these three functions differ greatly for them to be a meaning alternation within context. This is because the semantic classifications in which ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ take effect are different. Therefore, depending on how the classification scopes for ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ are set, the distribution and function can be predicted and categorized. Through this method, ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ can fall into three classifications. Base on those classifications, ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ in [evaluation] regard fact as the scope; ‘很会’ and ‘很能’ in [prediction] regard proposition as the scope and take the speaker into consideration; and ‘很会’and ‘很能’ in [frequency]/[usability] regard fact as the scope. The present study analyzes these aspects.