“王冕死了父亲”的构式归属——兼议汉语存现构式的范畴化

Constructions Category of Sentence Like “Wang Mian Sile Fuqin( 王冕死了父亲) ”:Categorization of Existential Construction in Chinese

本文依据构式语法的传承观,认为"王冕死了父亲"的句式义为"隐现",而非"得失"或"发生"。文章从句首有生词语的处所性转喻、动词与构式义之间的关系进一步论证该句归为存现句的理由,在此基础上,提出汉语存现构式的范畴。

This paper argues that the construction meaning of ＂wang mian sile fuqin （王冕死了父亲） ＂ is ＂appearance or disappearance＂ rather than ＂occurrence＂ or ＂gaining or lossing＂ on the basis of inheritance relation of construction. The paper also claims that this type of sentence should be classified as existential sentences, according to the locative character which the animate noun in front of sentence showed by metonymy as well as the relationship between the verb and con- struction meaning . Finally, the category of existential sentences is summarized.