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Title: | Near-synonymous manner adverbs on intention | Authors: | Lau, HYP Lee, SYM |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | In Proceedings of 6th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics (L3 2017), Singapore, 5-6 June 2017, p. 317-322 | Abstract: | Given that most reference materials often define near-synonymous manner adverbs in a rather general or even circular way regardless of their semantic differences, this study explores issues with regard to the differentiation of a set of near-synonymous manner adverbs on intention, including 特意, 特地, 故意, and 刻意. We propose that near-synonymous manner adverbs, even with similar or identical definitions, can be distinguished with the help of their collocations. It is observed that each of the four selected nodes differs from one another in terms of the degree of attainability of intentions behind actions, and semantic prosody. Results show that the attainability of intention can be revealed by certain kinds of conjunctions, with 刻意 being the lowest. Among the four manner adverbs, 特意, 特地, and 刻意 are neutral, whereas 故意 is negative in nature. Apart from that, we also suggest that negation markers 不是 and (並/絕)非 are particularly effective in the detection of negative events. | Keywords: | Near-synonyms Manner adverbs Corpus-based Semantic prosody Conjunctions Negation markers |
Publisher: | Global Science and Technology Forum | DOI: | 10.5176/2251-3566_L317.115 | Description: | L3 2017 - GSTF L3 - International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics, 5-6 June 2017, Hotel Fort Canning, Singapore | Rights: | © GSTF 2017 Posted with permission of the publisher. The following publication Lau, Y. P. H., & Lee, S. Y. M. (2017). Near-synonymous Manner Adverbs on Intention. In Proceedings of 6th Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics, (pp.317-322). Global Science and Technology Forum is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.5176/2251-3566_L317.115. |
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