英汉名词性领属结构语序的认知分析

Cognitive Analysis of the Sequence of Nominal Possessive Structures in English and Chinese

领属结构中两个NP成分的语义关系相当多样和复杂,但只有领有关系、亲属关系和整体—部分关系是典型的。从时空顺序原则和参照点模型理论可以更好地阐述英汉属格结构中领有者和领有物的语序问题,语言在各结构层面上其构成成分的排列次序是与人的思维、认知顺序相一致的。

In possessive structure the semantic relationship between the two NPs is so plentiful and complicated. The arche- types, however, only include ownership, kinship, and part/whole relations involving physical objects. The word order of the possessot and the pessessee in both English and Chinese possessive structures can be accounted for in a better way from the perspective of the principle of spatial - temporal sequence and cognitive reference point model. The word order on all levels of the language is in correspondence with men＇ s thinking mode and their cognitive sequence.