A study on the semantic functions of guanyu(关于) and duiyu(对于)
LI Bingzhe · 2012
This paper points out that the occurrence of guanyu or duiyu at the sentence initial position is determined by the semantics of topic-comment relation: if the semantic relationship between topic and comment is evident,guanyu or duiyu must not appear;otherwise guanyu or duiyu should be used.The choise between guanyu and duiyu is related to the semantic features of verbs and nouns of the comment.Guanyu tends to co-occur with speech verbs,content nouns and clausal-objects of speech verbs,while duiyu usually co-occurs with psychological verbs,psychological nouns and objects of psychological verbs.If and only if the verbs or nouns in comment have meaning of speech and psychological activities simultaneously,can either guanyu or duiyu be used.