复合动词的象似性及其语义、句法蕴含

Iconicity of Compound Verb and its Semantic and Syntactic Implications

双音化的复合动词是现代汉语动词的主体,在象似性研究中较少受到关注。文章以动补式、偏正式、并列式三类复合动词为例,说明象似性原则在构词过程中的运作机制及其语义、句法蕴含。研究表明,双音化的复合动词分别遵循了时间顺序象似性、时间范围象似性和距离象似性等主要原则,并且呈现出动词性递减、名词性递增的趋势,这也导致它们在担任谓语、主宾语等句法论元时差异较大。

As the main component of modern Chinese verbs, two-syllable compound verb seems to be ignored for a long time as for its iconicity research. Based on the examples of verbcomplement compounds, subordinate compounds, coordinate compounds in Chinese language, this essay aims to reveal the functional mechanism of iconicity and its influence on the semantic and syntactic performance of compound verbs. During the process of word formation, these three types mainly follow Principle of Temporal Sequence, Principle of Temporal Scope and Principle of Quantity respectively, showing a trend of decrease in verbal effect and increase in nominal effect which result in a great gap in their syntactic performance.