现代汉语迂回致使动词的语义类型

Semantic Categories of Periphrastic Causative Verbs in Mandarin Chinese

迂回致使是致使表征中的一个重要类别,但是至今未见对现代汉语中的迂回致使动词有更细的分类研究。本文采用统计学中的MDS方法,对现代汉语中的迂回致使动词进行了语义类型的实证研究。结论认为,现代汉语中的迂回致使动词可以分为以下4种类型:致使类、使能类、允让类、阻止类。具体的迂回致使动词语义分类层次的建立,对描写表达因果关系的语言结构的选取有较大的借鉴作用。

Periphrastic causative is one of the most important categories in causative representation. However, no investigations have been done on the finer semantic categories of periphrastic causative verbs in mandarin Chinese.The article investigates the semantic categories of periphrastic causative verbs in mandarin Chinese by adopting MDS in statistics. It shows that periphrastic causative verbs in mandarin Chinese fall into 4 types: CAUSE,ENABLE,LET,and PREVENT. This article has set up specific classification levels for periphrastic causative verbs and holds significant reference value for choosing linguistic structures in causal description.