“X度”类标记现象的认知解释

The X Degree of Markedness: A Cognitive Explanation

伍铁平教授在有关标记现象的论述中单列出与空间域有关的一类,本文中称作X度。本文作者认为这类概念是不但具有绝对大小而且具有方向性的隐性矢量,并且在相对的一对概念中具有发散性方向的往往为无标记项。

In his discussion of markedness, Wu Tieping identifies for the first time a particular group of forms that are marked with a space-related property. Naming this property the “x degree,' the authors of this paper suggest that the “x' here be understood as denoting an implicit vector specified by a magnitude and a direction, and go on to argue that whether the direction in question is convergent or divergent would distinguish the marked from the unmarked in this case.