时间论元理论及其解释力分析

Time Argument Theory and Its Theoretical Explanatory Force

Demirdache和Uribe—Etxebarria提出的时问论元理论将时态、体和时间副词统一分析为二元时空谓词（AFTER，WITHIN或BEFORE），该时空谓词能够将时间论元UT—T，EV—T或AST—T联结并排序为三种对应的时间关系（居后、包含或居前），从而构建句法-语义同构性的时间词组结构。他们还依据时间论元概念进一步分析时间状语子句、宾语补足语子句、非根模态词等句法现象，形成系统性和解释性兼具的时间诠释理论框架，为时体领域开拓新的研究思路。

Time Argument Theory proposed by Demirdache ＆ Uribe-Etxebarria treats tense, aspect and temporal adverbs as dyadic spatiotemporal predicates （AFTER, WITHIN or BEFORE）, which can relate and order the time arguments UT-T, EV-T or AST-T into three temporal relationships （ subsequence, inclusion or precedence）, therefore constructing the isomorphic syntactic-seman- tic time phrase structures. Demirdache ＆ Uribe-Etxebarria further adopt the notion of time argument to analyze the syntactic phenomena of temporal adverbial clauses, complement clauses and non-root modals so as to form the systematic and explanatory theoretic framework of temporal interpretation, developing a new researching method for tense and aspect realm.