原型理论背景下汉语因果复句考察

A Research on the Chinese Cause-Effect Complex Sentences in the Context of the Prototype Theory

汉语因果复句的优势语序是"因句"在前还是"果句"在前,一直存在争议。本文在考察汉语母语者语感和使用频率的基础上,借鉴原型理论对因果复句进行了分析,得出的基本结论是,"……所以……"是因果句原型性的表达方式。文章从思维方式、语义关系与语言表达等角度对这一结论进行了阐释。

Divergences have existed regarding the dominant order of a Chinese cause-effect complex sentence, that is, of the causal clause and the result clause which should come fi rst. Based on an investigation of native Chinese speakers' linguistic intuition and frequency of use, this paper analyzes Chinese cause-effect complex sentences by using the prototype theory, and comes to the basic conclusion that '...suoyi...' is the prototypical expression of causeeffect sentences. The paper elaborates this conclusion from different aspects, such as the thinking habit, semantic relations and language expression.