优选论理论下英语“X-self”和汉语“自己”的对比研究

Contrastive study of "X-self" in English and "ziji" in Chinese based on Optimality Theory

英语"X-self"和汉语"自己"都可以出现在宾语语域,但二者在充当宾语时所表现出来的约束性不同。在优选论指导下,制定了二者在句型"NP1+V1P1(PP1)+NP2+V2P2+R"中的约束等级,并考察了影响二者约束性的各种因素之间的关系。结果表明:英语"X-self"的约束等级和汉语"自己"的约束等级既含有不同的原则也含有相同的原则;正是由于不同的原则,造成了在英语和汉语中句法结构完全相同的句子而二者约束性的不同。

Both＂X-self＂in English and ＂ziji＂ in Chinese can be used as an object in a sentence, however, their binding characters are different in many aspects . This paper mainly studies kinds of factors which influence their binding characters to formulate the binding degrees in the pattern of ＂NP1 ＋ VIP1 （ PP1 ） ＋ NP2 ＋ V2P2 ＋ R＇based on Optimality Theory. The results show that both similar and different principles are found in their binding degrees, which contributes to their different binding characters even in the sentences with the identical syntactic structure.