“De（的）”is the most frequently used word in Modern Chinese and has three basic usages：1）a constructional auxiliary used as a marker of modifier;2 ）a constructional auxiliary used as a marker of nominalization;3）a modal auxiliary used as a marker of stance.Based on a fairly large cor-pus,this paper analyzes the differences of “De（的）”between Macau Chinese and Mandarin Chinese. The research shows that the frequency of “De（的）”in Macau Chinese is much lower than that in Man-darin Chinese with a ratio of 1：1.7.The paper focuses on ...
