小句整合与小句宾语句时间性特征

Clause integration and time features of the clausal-object construction

小句宾语句是指小句充当一个单句宾语的句子,该句式是由代表两个事件的句子整合而成。在整合过程中,主句与小句分别会舍弃自身的一些特征,同时又会保留并产生一些新的整合特征,以适应整个句式的需要。考察主句与小句带"了"、"着"、"过"三种时体标记的情况,可总结出小句宾语句时间性的四种整合模式,这四种模式体现了主句对小句的整合度。同时该句式从整体上看时间性不明显,呈现出一种弱事件性倾向,更像事态句而非事件句。如果需要体现时间特征时,时体标记的首选位置是小句。

The clausal-object constructions are formed by means of blending two events, and some features are extracted and merged according to grammatical compounding. It is found that this kind of sentence has tense and aspect markers of ＂le＂, ＂zhe＂ and ＂guo＂ in both principal and subordinate clauses. These four patterns reflect the degree of matrix blending. Moreover, the tense and aspect markers are preferentially positioned in clauses when required by time features.