名物化的句法分层与“NP 的VP”结构

The Syntactic Stratification of Nominalizations and the“NP de VP”Construction

现代汉语中的“NP的VP”结构整体上是名词短语,但其中的动词呈现不同程度的名性和动性。名物化既有词汇层的转类,也有短语层的转类。轻名词起着名物化的作用。根据名物化分层假设,轻名词可以对不同层级的动性成分进行名物化。轻名词越高,对动词的作用越弱。轻名词越低,对动词的作用越强。“NP的VP”结构中既有词汇层的名物化,题元层的名物化,也有形态层的名物化,没有或鲜有话语层的名物化。

The“NP de VP”constructions in modern Chinese are noun phrases as a whole,yet the verbs involved in the construction present different degrees of verbiness and nouniness.Nominalizations include both those trans⁃categorized from verbs and those from verb phrases.Light nouns play the role of nominalization,and according to Nominalization Stratification Hypothesis,the light noun can nominalize different layers of predicate components.The higher the light noun,the weaker it affects verbs,and vice versa.In the“NP de VP”construction,nominalization can occur on the lexical layer,the thematic layer and the inflectional layer,but seldom on the discourse layer.