조동사‘能’과 ‘可以’의 기능 비교 연구 - 양태범주를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the process in which the Auxiliary Verb in chinese is evolved into modality verbs of “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”. Modality can be categorized into dynamic modality and deontic modality and epistemic modality. While the former represents “obligation”and “compulsion”on the part of the subject, the latter shows the degree of knowledge and confidence of the speaker on the statement content, irrespective of the validity of the statement. This paper discusses some issues about “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”. In the discussion, we conclude that in the semantic “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”mainly means the capacity, In response to a number of scholars belief that the meaning of both “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”are closely, I have different ideas. Through analysis of related to the context, this article set out clearly the phenomenon of asymmetry in certain and uncertain of “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”in the form of tables. It studies both “Neng(能)”and “keyi(可以)”from the semantics and pragmatics in the hope that it will benefit to the teaching Chinese as a foreign language.