汉语同语小句X是X的概念功能研究外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I owe my deepest gratitude to my supervisor Professor Zhang Ke, for her wisdom, insightful guidance, valuable advice, encouragement and patient reading. Without her help and support, the accomplishment of this thesis is almost impossible. I have benefited a lot from my supervisor not only on linguistic study but also the understanding of life. My sincere thanks are also due to Professor Niu Baoyi, Professor Zhang Keding, Professor Guo Shangxing, Professor Xu Youzhi, Professor Yang Chaojun, Professor Jiang Ling and Professor Li Shujing who have taught me during my three years of study in Foreign Language Schools of Henan University. I would also like to thank my friends and classmates for their help on my study. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family who support me in any condition. I owe tremendous thanks for their encouragement and support to help me in overcoming a great deal of difficulties and in realizing my dream. Abstract This thesis aims to study the typical tautological clause X is X in modern Chinese, such as 一是一，二是二, 商人终究是商人,明星毕竟是明星, in which the former X and the latter X have the same linguistic component. X is X is a special language phenomenon, which is used frequently and has its own specific features. For a long time, lots of grammarians and rhetoricians have conducted fruitful studies of the clause X is X from the perspectives of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. However, some issues remain unresolved, for example, how does the clause X is X reflect people’s experiences in their daily life? How do the internal components and the overall function combine together? Therefore, it is necessary to make further study. According to Systemic Functional Grammar, language is a semiotic system. The language system and the forms that make it up are inescapably determined by the uses or function which they serve. This provides a new perspective to study the Chinese Tautological Clause X is X. This paper mainly st