Syntactic features of onomatopoeic words in the Chinese language (based on GENG ERLING'S views)

Аннотация

This article discusses the role of onomatopoeic words in Chinese sentence structure. It presents the views of prominent Chinese linguists on onomatopoeic words and illustrates their syntactic functions with examples. The study analyzes perspectives from the book Modern Chinese Grammar. Keywords: Onomatopoeia, sentence components, subject, predicate, modifier, adverbial. and four-syllable onomatopoeic words but must be Introduction: Linguists have expressed different used after one- and three-syllable ones to maintain opinions regarding the syntactic role and function of tonal balance in Chinese. onomatopoeic words in Chinese, based on their theoretical perspectives. Below, we analyze the 4. Functioning as a predicate: Onomatopoeic syntactic role of onomatopoeia based on collected words often serve as predicates, sometimes with the empirical materials. particle 的. 他生气了，咕嘟着嘴半天不说话。 He Chinese linguist Geng Erling emphasizes that the was angry and muttered for a long time without primary function of onomatopoeia is to serve as an speaking. independent sentence. In this case, the onomatopoeic 5. Functioning as a modifier: Here, an word itself constitutes a single sentence, followed by a onomatopoeic word modifies a noun, requiring the period, question mark, or exclamation mark. particle 的 if it is monosyllabic. 罐头飞呀飞，最后“咚 1. Functioning as an independent sentence: 当！ ”的一声，砸到野猪的头上。 The cans flew and flew, 当！当！上课铃响了。 Jiring! Jiring! Jiring! The class and finally, "thud!" they hit the wild boar’s head. bell rang. If the onomatopoeic word is polysyllabic, it connects 2. Functioning as an independent component: directly to the noun without a particle. 咕噜噜声中， Here, the onomatopoeic word appears at the beginning of the sentence, separated by a comma and intonation, 还直将那女儿红喝个精光见底。 Amidst the gurgling without syntactic connection to the main sentence. “汪 sound, he drank the entire Nu'er Hong. 汪汪”，淘气狗叼着一根肉肠，得意地跑来了。 According to Geng Erling, during the Tang and Song Woof-woof-woof, the mischievous dog ran happily dynasties, the particles 低 or 地 were used to link with a sausage in its mouth. onomatopoeic words with nouns, while by the Yuan 3. Functioning as an adverbial: As noted by Liu dynasty, 的 became standard and gradually solidified. Yuehua (刘月华) and his team, onomatopoeia may 6. Functioning as a complement (补语): appear with or without the particle 地. 高玫瑰咯咯地 Onomatopoeic words, linked to verbs with 得, describe 笑起来，他要年过了才能回来。 Gao Meigui burst the sound resulting from an action. 我苦笑着说：你到 into giggles; he could only return after a year. 今天还没改老习惯。。。嘿，听你吭哧吭哧的，我 In this example, 咯咯 modifies the verb 笑 (to laugh) as 没心情说了。 I said with a bitter smile, "You still an adverbial. The 地 particle can be omitted after two- haven’t changed your old habits…" Hey, hearing your American Journal Of Philological Sciences 27 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ajps American Journal Of Philological Sciences (ISSN – 2771-2273) mumbling, I don’t feel like responding. be classified as an auxiliary word. If it fulfills both roles, it should be studied as an intermediate category within 7. Functioning as an object: In Chinese, linguistics. onomatopoeic words do not directly function as nouns. However, in some cases, they become nominalized and Although stylistics explores the psychological impact of act as objects. 先生又来了一个“嗤”。 The gentleman sounds and their linguistic representation, it does not let out another ‘ha-ha-ha’. fully reveal their grammatical properties. Even if onomatopoeic words do not directly answer questions, Here, the onomatopoeic word forms a phrase with a they convey meaning and contribute to word formation numeral, nominalizing the sound expression. in Uzbek and other languages. Since they carry 8. Functioning as a subject: When an meaning, we believe they should be included in the onomatopoeic word is the subject, the predicate is grammar of every language. typically a verb such as 是, 表示, 像, or 好像. 滴答滴答 Onomatopoeic words, regardless of language, do not 是雨声，叭叭叭叭叭是汽车喇叭声，噼里啪啦是鞭 possess nominative characteristics or semantic 炮声。 Tick-tock tick-tock – that’s the sound of rain; meaning in the traditional sense, making it difficult to assign them a fixed syntactic role. However, they can pa-pa-pa-pa-pa – that’s the car horn; crackle-pop – be integrated into sentences with various functions that’s the sound of firecrackers. depending on their connection to other elements. 9. Used in question-answer forms: