The Subjectivity of the Verb “至于”

In modern Chinese, the verb “至于” (zhì yú) exhibits prominent subjective language characteristics. Apart from indicating degree, differs semantically other words in semantic field of “degree” by emphasizing unexpected outcomes a point view. The subjectivity speaker’s perspective, emotions and expressions “I think” attitudes disapproval towards other’s behavior are conveyed. selection sentence structure, such as hypothetical sentences, interrogative sentences negative is also observed. Furthermore, combination with modal particles shown, where affirmative forms often paired particle “吗” (ma), while “吧” (ba). states expressed, state exhibiting “要” or “不要”