英语定量形容词真的不能名词化吗?

Is It True that Quantified Adjectives Can Never Be Nominalized?

传统语言学家认为非定量化的形容词具有名词化形式,而定量化的形容词不具有名词化形式。以a-为前缀的英语形容词属于定量化形容词,因为其所蕴含的量已经凝固或定格,因此不具有名词化形式。我们通过大型语料库的检索,发现了这类形容词的名词化形式,它们还具有一定频率的使用。通过研究发现,这类形容词本质上属于主观性较强的词类。当受到主观性强的词语修饰时或置于主观性强的语境中时,这类形容词完全可以实现名词化。这表明主观性是消解定量形容词无法名词化的词法限制的有效手段。

Within the traditional grammar, it is held that gradable or non-quantified adjectives can be nominalized while nomi- nalization does not occur in non-gradable or quantified adjectives, in English, the a-adjectives are usually categorized as the quantified type. As characterized by their fixed degrees of quantity, a-adjectives are not able to be nominalized any longer. By means of large corpora, it is found that a-adjectives do have their corresponding nominalizations and some use frequency in the related literatures. Further research reveals that when a-adjectives are modified by words of subjectivity or in a context of strong subjectivity （ e. g. a legendary story）, they can be freely nominalized. It is concluded that subjectivity is an effective means to cancel morphological constraints on nominalization with a-adjectives.