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erb  +  Noun”  construction,  suggesting  that  constructional meaning  could  influence  the  word  meaning  in  an  inertia  coercion  way.  Thus,  the zeugma construction(V + N1 and N2) could be explained as follows: N1 and N2 which are  unrelated  with  each  other  initially  are  put  into  the  same  event-domain.  The collocation of V+N1 is logically acceptable, which is regarded as the Reference point in this event-domain. Thus, under the inertia force of the normal collocation(V+N1), the  so  called  abnormal  collocation  (V+N2)  which  is  logically  unacceptable  initially becomes  acceptable.  Based  on  this  interpretation,  zeugma  construction  is  a  kind  of inertia coercion. In our study, stimulus sentences with zeugma construction are called coercive  sentences,  which  means  they  can  be  explained  from  the  point  of  inertia coercion, namely, the deviated collocation becomes acceptable under the inertia force of the preceding normal collocation. 
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Chapter Two literature review 

This chapter is a detailed literature review relevant to this study. To begin with, a general description of zeugma, including its definitions, basic forms, as well as its functions  will  be  introduced  respectively.  Afterwards,  some  previous  studies  on zeugma from different linguistic approaches will be presented in detail, covering the mainstreams  of  current  linguistic  approaches:  the  rhetoric  approach,  the  pragmatic approach, the syntactic and semantic approach, and the cognitive approach, followed by the limitations and comments of the previous studies. Moreover, this section will briefly introduce the eye-tracking technique related with the current study. 

2.1 A Brief Introduction to Zeugma 
The  word  “zeugma”  originates  from  Greek“zeugnynai”,  meaning  “a  jointing, uniting  yoke”.  In  Chinese,  “yoke”  means  a  kind  of  ancient  tool  that  is  used  to  be fixed on the neck of animals, such as, cattle and horse, for their obedience. In regard to  the  definition  of  zeugma,  different  descriptions  are  found  acrossdifferent dictionaries.  According  to  The  American  Heritage  Dictionary  of  the  English Language,  zeugma  is  defined  as  “A  word  is  used  to  modify  or  govern  two  or  more words although its use isgrammatically or logically connect with only one”,while in Websters’ New World Dictionary of the American Language, the definition of zeugma is  “A  figure  of  speech  in  which  a  single  word  usually  a  verb  or  adjective  is syntactically related to two or more words with only one of which it seems logically connected”.  We  find  in  T本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。