Lexical cooccurrence of mental verbs in the Chinese language
The emotive1 verbal vocabulary of the Chinese language continues to arouse great interest among linguists. Therefore, research in the field of verbal semantics and compatibility with other lexical units is relevant. This article is devoted to the study of the object lexical compatibility of emotive verbs, namely the verbs of mental action. The article examined the verbs of mental action, their possibility or impossibility to combine with objects that denote persons, objects and situations. The theoretical significance of the work is due to the fact that it makes a certain contribution to the understanding of the problem of lexical compatibility of verbs of mental action in Chinese language. The following methods were used in this article: the method of valence bonds, the method of analysis of dictionary definitions, contextual analysis, and general scientific methods. The types of object lexical compatibility are determined, the factors that determine their existence are revealed. In total, about 300 verbs of mental action have been analyzed. It was found that emotive verbs possess special semantic and syntagmatic properties and are limited in compatibility. For example, desire verbs (意愿类) are mainly combined with objects denoting “events” (expressed by verb combinations), etc. Relatively loose compatibility is quite rare. The results of this analysis can be applied in the field of Chinese grammar, and can also be used in further research related to this problem.