形容词谓语句句法语义接口的认知语法研究

The Syntactic-Semantic Interface of Adjectival Predication Construction in Mandarin Chinese from the Perspective of Cognitive Grammar

现代汉语形容词谓语句的相关研究成果颇为丰硕,但迄今为止仍然存在两个悬而未决的问题:形容词谓语句的划分缺乏合理的分类方法;性质形容词、状态形容词和非谓形容词在作谓语方面表现迥异的背后是否拥有统一的机制。认知语法中的位移事件理论和例示化理论是基于人类基本经验和普遍认知能力的,其核心优势在于既实现了对形容词谓语句兼顾形式与语义的划分,又为性质形容词、状态形容词和非谓形容词在作谓语方面不同的句法表现提供了统一且有效的解释。由此,形容词谓语句句法语义接口研究可得到进一步完善。

While extensive researches on adjectival predication construction in Mandarin Chinese have been conducted, there are still two problems to be solved. One is that there has been no plausible classification of adjectival predication construction and the other is that the unified motivation for different syntactic patterns of property, state and non-predicate adjectives as predicates is to be clarified. Based on basic human experiences and universal cognitive abilities, the theories of motion event and instantiation address the unsettled problems of the syntactic-semantic interface of adjectival predication construction. With resort to the theories, the classification balancing syntactic and semantic features would be realized and a unified and valid explanation for different syntactic patterns of property, state and non-predicate adjectives as predicates is hopeful.