THE SEMANTIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE MODERN CHINESE VERB “SAI”
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By analyzing 10,000 items of 928,000 words in the balanced corpus of the modern Chinese verb “Sāi”, this paper studies the distribution of meaning items of the verb “Sāi” in modern Chinese, and redivides and describes its meaning as follows: ① use specific objects (plug, cloth, etc.) to block the openings, holes, etc: (block/ stop/ clog up) holes | ‘Sai’ leaks | (stuff) cotton into his ear | ‘Sai’ a rag into his mouth, ② block pipelines, channels, roads, etc., to prevent objects from moving or flowing through: traffic jam | silt up | information occlusion, ③ put things into other things: fill the box with some clothes | stuff money into her hand, and ④ join by special means or methods: jump the queue | ‘Sai’ into the company. The research also uses the argument structure and qualia structure to explain the sources of the meaning of the verb “Sāi”, and constructs the image schemas of each meaning, so as to facilitate the understanding of Chinese second language learners and provide references for the compilation of export-oriented Chinese learner’s dictionaries.
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