浅析汉语极量评价构式“X出天际”

A Study on the Chinese Construction of Extreme Evaluation“X chu tianji”

在现代汉语中,“X出天际”是一个极量评价构式。该构式中,“X”通常是形容词、动词或名词性成分;“出”处于由语法词向形态标记演化的语法化进程中;“天际”表示“极点”的意思,是一种“量限”的隐喻表达。该构式所表达的构式义为:言者主观判定“X”具备或表现出的性质特点在程度量上已经达到极性状态。

In modern Chinese,“X chu tian ji”is an extreme evaluation construction.The“X”in this construction is usually an adjective,verb,or nominal element.“Chu”is in the process of the evolution of the grammatical word to the morphological marker.“Tianji”means“the horizon”and is a metaphor for“the extremity”.The construction indicates that the speaker subjectively determines that the nature and characteristics of“X”have reached an extreme degree and quantity.