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The Application of Negative and Positive Words and Phrases in Chinese Negation Expressions
CAO Chang-li, ZHANG Shun-sheng
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2022.08.011
College of Foreign Languages, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 200093, Shanghai, P.R. of China
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 hǎobù expressions from three of China’s four classic novels.
negation, negative expressions, linguistic data, study
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, August 2022, Vol. 12, No. 8, 849-854
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