构式的认知理据研究:以“VNA it that”构式为例

Cognitive motivations of constructions: A study with special reference to the “VNA it that” construction formula

认知语法通过建立构式理据为构式语法理论提供了补充。在网络化的语法表征中,"VNA it that"构式可以在外部通过范畴化关系得到允准。在构式内部,后指代词it标记了物化能力和参照点关系的应用,使得构式成分可以在概念层面对应融合。认知语法界定的通用认知能力赋予了"VNA it that"构式表征的外部和内部理据,彰显了当代认知语言学对于形式句法理论在预测性和理据性方面的反叛。

Cognitive Grammar supplements the theory of Construction Grammar by establishing the motivations of constructions. In the network of grammatical representation,＂VNA it that＂construction can be sanctioned from the outside via categorization. Inside the construction,the cataphoric pronoun ＂it＂manifests the application of reification ability and the reference point relationship,thus making it possible for the constructional constituents to conceptually correspond to and fuse with each other. The general cognitive abilities,specified in Cognitive Grammar,provide external and internal motivations for the constructional representation of ＂VNA it that＂and highlight the revolution of contemporary cognitive linguistics against the theory of formal syntax with regard to prediction and motivation.