浅析汉语存现句产生的认知动因

On the Causes of Existential Sentences from the Cognitive Perspective

现代汉语存现句是汉民族对物体存在性表达的语言形式,其一般结构类型为时间/处所方位词语+动词+名词。本文通过对存现句产生的原因的探讨,揭示汉民族独特的认知方式以及句法结构同人类认知顺序的象似性,是汉语存现结构生成的认知理论依据。

Existential sentence in modem Chinese is language form for the existential expression of objects in Han nationality, and its general structure type is time/space localizer ＋ verb ＋ noun. Through discussing the causes of existential construction, this article attempts to reveal that the unique cognitive style of Chinese and the iconicity of syntactic structure are the cognitive motivation of Chinese existential construction.