认知语法和构式语法在论元结构问题上的互补性

On the Complementarity of Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar on Argument Structure Research

论元结构是理论语言学的一个核心问题,也是认知语法和构式语法关注的焦点。认知语法强调语义的百科性,借助包含独立理据的认知手段对语义基础进行识解,在构式的理据性以及构式和动词的融合上能为构式语法提供补充。构式语法强调自上而下的思路处理论元结构,促使认知语法更加重视构式的意义表征。两种理论框架关注的焦点虽然有所不同,但具有内在统一性,可以互相补充,提高对于论元结构问题的解释力。

As a key issue in theoretical linguistics, argument structure attracts a great deal of attention from Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar. Cognitive Grammar, which emphasizes the encyclopedic nature of meaning, construes the semantic base by means of independently motivated cognitive methods. It can provide important insights for the study of constructional motivations as well as the fusion between the verb and the construction in Construction Grammar. Construction Grammar, on the other hand, stresses the top-down approach in the study of argument structure, and calls for Cognitive Grammar to attach more significance to the representation of constructional meaning. These two theoretical frameworks, despite their different focuses, can be unified and become mutually complementary. In this way, they can achieve more explanatory power for argument structure.