并列·关联·比较成分话题化 —The More X, the More Y构式认知研究

Coordination, Correlation and Topicalization—A Cognitive Study of the More X, the More Y Construction

Fillmore et al. (1988) 指出the more X, the more Y是一个能产的形式化习语,Cullicover &Jackendoff (1999)等通过对该结构的分析认为它是一个“独具一格”的构式,不能用原则参数的框架进行分析,这一论断引起了众多研究者的关注。本文在已有研究的基础上,根据构式语法的观点,认为the more X, the more Y是一个形式并列、意义关联、比较成分话题化的并联话题构式,并进一步提出该构式的许多特征都与构式的形式与意义之间互动有关。

Fillmore et al. (1988) point out that the more X, the more Y is a productive formal idiom;Cullicover &Jackendoff (1999) argue that the more X, the more Y is a sui generic and cannot be analyzed within the principle and parameter paradigm. This claim arouses the attention of researchers from different linguistic fields. Based on previous studies, this paper considers the more X, the more Y as a coordinate correlative construction with a topicalization construction in either clause. It argues that the multiple features of the construction are the results of interaction between its form and meaning.