隐性语义等级序列的激活机制及其语篇整合效应

Activation Mechanism of the Covert Semantic Hierarchy and Its Effect on Discourse Integration

"顺序范畴"是汉语中典型的句法语义范畴,"顺序"可以分为两类:一类是显性的顺序,指语言符号编码的顺序(即"语序");另一类是隐性的顺序,指某个名词性词语蕴含的、在特定构式中可能被激活的语义等级序列。本文探讨的是后一种顺序范畴的表现,以现代汉语"都NP了"句式与否定性"连"字句为例,探讨其中NP的隐性语义等级序列的激活机制及其语篇整合效应,并指出此类现象在汉语中具有普适性。

The sequence category is a representative syntactic category in Chinese. The paper argues that the so-called sequence can be divided into two subcategories. One is the overt sequence, as manifested by the encoding order of the linguistic signs. The other is the covert sequence, i.e., the semantic hierarchy contained by the linguistic signs that can be activated by specific syntactical structures. The paper takes the Chinese ＂dou NP le＂（都 NP 了）and negative ＂lian＂（连） structures as examples to uncover the activation mechanism of NPs＇ covert semantic hierarchy and its effect on discourse integration. It is also argued that the mechanism is of universality in Chinese.