“不好说”的语义类型及其演变动因

The Semantic Types of “BU HAOSHUO” and Its Evolvement Motivations

“不好说”是“好说”句法层面的否定形式,在使用过程中“说”的语义不断泛化,由具体的言说义发展出认知义,“不好说”的语义也随之发展出难以评判、断定和难以预测、估计的含义。其语义由行域向知域发生转变,语义泛化的这一过程是主观化过程的体现,同时语境和语义相互影响,现如今的“不好说”语义逐渐凝固,趋向成固定短语,本文对“不好说”的语义类型进行分析,并梳理其主观化的发展历程。

“BU HAOSHUO” is the negative form of “HAOSHUO” at the syntactic level. In the process of use, the meaning of “SHUO” continues to expand, and develops cognitive meaning from specific spoken meaning, and the meaning of “BU HAOSHUO” also develops a meaning that is difficult to judge, determine, predict and estimate. Its semantics have changed from the acting domain to the knowing domain. The process of semantic generalization is the embodiment of the subjective process. At the same time, context and semantics influence each other. Now, the “BU HAOSHUO” semantics are gradually solidified and tend to become fixed phrases. This article analyzes the semantic types of “BU HAOSHUO” and sorts out its subjective development process.