基于轻动词理论的英语及物性系统研究

On the English transitivity based on light verb theory

文章试图从转换生成语法的轻动词概念对及物性系统的过程类型、参与者角色界定以及过程类型的语义和论元结构的匹配进行分析,以期使及物性系统的分类更为合理,形式化更为精细。基于轻动词的分析框架,我们认为:(1)所有小句都是及物性的,但每一过程的及物性有程度的差别;(2)及物性系统各过程类型都是形式-意义的结合体。(3)及物性是小句的,而非动词的;(4)对过程类型的形式描述将有助于计算机的处理。

This paper tries to make a classification of process types,participants and the meanings and argument structure of processes based on the light verb theory to make the classification of transitivity more reasonable.Based on the light verb theory,it is found that(1)all clauses are transitive;(2)each process is a match of form and meanings;(3)the transitivity is clausal,not verbal;(4)the formal description of the processes is helpful for the computer processing.