原型范畴视阈下英语方位转换构式量化研究

A Quantitative Study on the English Locative Alternation Construction from the Perspective of Prototype Theory

本文基于原型范畴理论,使用显著共现词项分析法计算构式搭配强度,以量化方式研究方位转换构式的范畴化问题。研究确定了图形方位构式的原型动词成员为stick和plant等,以及背景方位构式的原型动词成员为flood和line等;两类构式变体具有不同的语义特征:图形方位构式的原型语义倾向体现“放置”特征,而背景方位构式的原型语义倾向体现“覆盖”或“填充”特征;从原型效应表征方式上看,两类构式变体的关系呈连续统分布。

Based on Prototype Theory,this paper quantitatively explores the categorization of English locative alternation construction in terms of the collostruction strength through distinctive collexeme analysis.It identifies the prototypical verb members of the figure locative construction such as stick and plant,and those of the ground locative construction such as flood and line.The semantic features of the two types of construction vary from each other:the prototypical semantic tendency of the figure locative construction displays the feature of“putting”,whereas the prototypical semantic tendency of the ground locative construction exhibits the feature of“covering”or“filling”.The two variants display a continuum from the perspective of prototypical effect representations.