汉语语序研究的理论思考及其考察

Theoretical considerations and survey of studies of word order in Chinese

本文在总结前人对汉语语序研究的基础上 ,考察了汉语两千多个二价动词。通过分析这些动词所形成的各种相关句式揭示了汉语语序及其变化的基本语义原则 ,并进一步对语篇句子的语序进行了定量分析。结果表明 ,汉语单句与语篇实际句子具有较大差异 ,汉语是一种以话题链为主的语言 ,并指出汉语语法研究以单句为基础具有较大局限性。

This paper, based on a summary of the existing researches on Chinese word order, examines more than 2,000 bivalent modern Chinese verbs. By analyzing the relevant sentence patterns using these verbs, it reveals the basic semantic principles for word order and the changes of word order, and makes quantitative analysis of the word order of sentences in discourse. The study indicates that sentences in isolation are remarkably different from those in discourse and points out that if it is based on sentences in isolation, the study of Chinese grammar will see limitations, as Chinese is a topic prominent language.