出版社:厦门大学出版社
出版日期:2013-1-1
ISBN:9787561545270
作者:印辉
页数:179页
作者简介
Thisstudyaimsatsolvingalong-standingprobleminMandarinlinguistics,namelyhowtocategorizeandunderstandtheplethoraofconstructionsthathavebeencalledSVCs(SerialVerbConstructions)atonetimeoranother.Thisstudyexaminesfeatureswhichdifferentiatethemfromtypicalcasesofcoordination,subordination.ItdemonstratesthatthemaindifferencesbetweenSVCsandnon-SVCslieintheirdifferentprofiles.MyclassificationforanSVCisbasedonthethreeiconicallybasedsemanticprinciples:temporalsequenceandscope,sharedparticipants,andsituationaldependence.Groundedonthesethreeprinciples,sevenmorphosyntacticanclprosodictestshavebeenproposedtoapplytofiveconstructionswhichconsistofmorethanoneverb.Thesevenoperationaliconic/semantictestsallowustocapturecommonfeaturesofSVCsinMandarinChinese.MandarinSVCsreflectcognitivepackaging,thatis,anSVCdenotesaunitarycomplexeverntandreflectseventconflationoftwoormoresub-events.ThefiveconstructionsreflectdegreesofserializationoracontinuumofeventconflationinMandarin.Inthisstudy,twoexperimentsweredesignedtoexplorethephenomenonofeventautonomyoreventconflationofthefive[V(N)V...]typesandtheeffectsofconstrualontheinterpretationofdifferentconstructions.ThefindingsintheexperimentssuggestthatMandannspeakersaresensitivetosentencesexhibitingdifferentdegreesofeventconflation.Theresultsintheexperimentsindicatethateventconflationreallyt.urnedouttobeagradedratherthanadiscretePhenomenon.ThephenomenaofManclarinSVCsprovideevidenceforakindoficonicityoperatinginthecodingofmulti-verbstructures.