Holism and the Individual： A Theoretical Conundrum

This article deals with one of the theoretical dilemmas of contemporary sociology： the dualism of the individualistic and holistic approaches. One of the most famous attempts to overcome this dualism is the structuration theory of Anthony Giddens, and alongside this is found the conception of social realism of Roy Bhaskar and Margaret Archer. Their efforts to link individualistic and holistic approaches are based on a varifocal attempt to explain the theoretical issues from both individualistic and holistic perspectives. The author of this article believes that there is an alternative solution to this problem, where both perspectives are ＂blended＂ in a theoretical explanation demonstrating that the concepts which we use in sociological theory--actor, action and structure--are inherently of dualistic nature, i.e., they are ＂duplex＂.

英汉心智特征形容词论元结构的对比研究

本文通过对比英汉心智特征形容词的用法,分析这类形容词的论元结构及它们做谓语时句子结构的特点,提出并论证以下观点:1)这类形容词原本为一元属性谓词,与功能语类“谓语”合并后投射出外论元;2)功能语类“施用语”的投射还可引出一个事件论元,这个论元可选,该论元引出后,形容词变成二元事件谓词;3)类似于标准控制结构的方案可统一解释这类形容词相同的论元结构,但因为汉语是一种话题突显的语言.其事件论元在句法实现上与英语有差异。