An Analysis on the Features and Development of “V1之V2” Structure in LunHeng

The co-occurrence structure "V1之V2" belongs to a special structure of "V1OV2" type Serial-Verb-Structure, which has little mature semantic, syntactic and pragmatic relationship.Semantically, there is a semantic relationship of "behavior - result" between "V1" of explanatory behavior and "V2" of supplementary explanatory results. There is a "verb - object" relationship between "V1" and "之", but there is no semantic relationship of "behavior - subject" between "V2" and "之". Syntactically, "V1之" refers to a certain event, and there may be various insertions between "V1之" and "V2" that supplement the explanation of the result. These insertions, the existence of the causative verbs and narrative structures indicate that the relationship between "V1" and "之" is an "active-object" combination. Whether it is semantic or syntactic, the "之" in the "V1之V2" structure is not the center of expression of the article, not the focus of expression. This means that the "之" in the "V1之V2" structure has different grammatical functions from the "之" in the "V1得之V2" structure in modern Chinese, such as "写得之好", "跑得之快", and "长得之漂亮". Moreover, "V2" has different semantic features, so if the combination conditions among "V1","V2" and "之" are different, the development and evolution direction of "V1之V2" are also different.