从物性角色看汉语中动句中动词的语义约束

The Semantic Constraint on Verbs in Chinese Middle Sentence from the Perspective of Qualia Role

文章主要探讨汉语中动句的合格性及其对中动词的语义约束问题。在相关文献的基础上,首先指出现有几种解释方案的不足,进而从生成词库论所提出的物性角色角度出发,认为物性角色在一定程度上对中动句的语义和句法合格性产生重要的影响。中动句旨在突显事物的属性特征对于动作行为或状态的促进作用,要求主语名词的物性角色与谓语成分在语义上具有共构性和关联性,只有满足该语义条件的中动句才能够成立。

This paper discusses the eligibility of Chinese middle sentence and the semantic constraint on verbs. On the basis of some relevant literature, it firstly points out the deficiency of several existing interpretation schemes. Then from the perspective of qualia roles in the generative lexicon theory, it argues that qualia roles have an important effect on the semantic and syntactic eligibility of middle sentences. Middle construction is used to highlight the promoting function of attributes of things on the actions or states denoted by verbs or adjectives. Hence, the qualia roles of nouns are required to have a semantic co-construction and correlation with predicates. Only in this way can a middle sentence be established.