副词修饰副词现象研究

A Comprehensive Study on the Adverb-Modifying-Adverb Phenomenon

副词的典型语法功能是修饰动词和形容词,但副词能否修饰副词尚存在争议。文章对汉、英、法、日语中副词修饰副词的现象进行详细考察。首先结合实例从理论上分析了"副+副"结构中存在副词修饰副词现象,并采用实验语音学手段加以进一步证实。在对不同语言中大量语料实例描写和分析的基础上,从句法结构、语义辖域和语用制约三个维度解释了副词修饰副词这一语言共性存在的深层动因。

The typical grammatical function of adverbs is to modify verbs and adjectives,but whether adverbs can modify adverbs is still debatable.This study focuses on the phenomenon of adverbs modifying adverbs in Chinese,English,French and Japanese.It exemplifies the existence of adverb-modifying-adverb phenomenon in 'adverb + adverb'structure,and further confirms it by the approach of experimental phonetics.Based on the description and analysis of numerous examples in different language,it explains the deep possibilities of this universal phenomenon from the three perspectives of syntactic structure,semantic scope and pragmatic restriction.