Abstract
This paper attempts to solve the problem of multi-ambiguities caused by the enlarged vocabulary of two-character phrases (TCP), by means of grading the TCP according to their agglomeration degree. By testing various standards and methods, we find that these three factors — the structure of the phrases, the replacing rate (RR) of component character (CC) and the ambiguous rate by front and back connecting — are not only closely related to the agglomeration degree of two-character phrases, but also related to the type of ambiguity (A/BC”ćAB/C). We also find that the RR of back CC (RR1) to the structures of adnominal-N, adverbial-V/A and VO are especially useful: these three types of phrases with the high RR1 are mostly of A/BC connecting, whereas the other phrases are of AB/C. Based on this result, we present a grading scheme for the enlarged vocabulary of TCP and give some disambiguation rules relating to the agglomeration degree.
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