再考Jespersen之“合并论”

Reconsideration on Jesrpersen’s Amalgamation Hypothesis

关于英语现在分词进行时态的历史起源，长期以来在学界一直存有争议。其中尤以Jespersen的”合并论”和Moss6的”继承论”两种主张截然相反的理论最为著名，学界也因之在两位语言学大师之后形成了两派研究阵营。我们通过深入到六部不同历史时期的英译《新约圣经》中进行实际考证，指出Jespersen的理论将现在分词进行时的产生过程过于公式化，且缺乏足够的历史实例支持。并在此基础上，我们进一步提出现在分词进行时有可能是来自于时间状语从句中的动词机构这一新论断。

The origin of PE progressive form has been consistently one of the most hotly discussed linguistic issues. Among the various attempts, Jespersen＇s Amalgamation and Mosse＇s Inheritance hypotheses are the two sharply contrary but most conspicuous theories. Also in academic community,： two scholarly groups have formed behind the two authoritative linguists. Through a firm examination on the relevant data found in the six English versions of The NEW TESTAMENT translated in different historical periods, we realize Jespersen simplified the process whereby the progressive form occurred and his proposal lacked sufficient and powerful demonstrations. Furthermore, we suggest that the origin of the progressive form is most likely traced to a VP in a subordinate temporal adverbial clause.