基于语境定位的英语“限定词+名词”词组句法关系研究

摘要

“限定词+名词”词组是英语中一个十分重要的语法单位,是言语事件参与者实现概念指称,达成交际目的的基本手段。中外学者对这一词组的已有研究多为描述性的说明,没有对“限定词+名词”词组内部句法关系进行系统的分类并明确指出其实质,也未从认知心理的角度对“限定词+名词”词组内部句法关系的认知理据作出解释。
　　 本文从认知语法的语境定位理论角度深入探讨英语“限定词+名词”词组中限定词与名词之间和限定词与限定词之间的句法关系及其认知理据。通过研究,本文发现,在英语“限定词+名词”词组中,限定词与名词之间的句法组合关系是指别限定关系和指量限定关系,名词前的多个限定词与名词之间构成多重限定关系;虽然在形式上名词与“限定词+名词”词组有可能是一致的,但是后者中的限定词成分是不可或缺的;作为语境定位元素,前位限定词和中位限定词分别从不同角度对名词所标志的类别进行语境定位,以实现言语事件参与者的心理指称;前位限定词和中位限定词内部的不兼容性是由其定位功能相互排斥和语义矛盾造成的,后位限定词内部的兼容性则由其非语境定位元素的性质所决定。
　　 本文将语境定位理论引入到英语“限定词+名词”词组内部句法关系的分析和解释,较深入地分析了英语“限定词+名词”结构中存在的句法关系及其内在的认知理据,拓展了语境定位理论的应用范围,证明了该理论的合理性和有效性。这种研究有利于英语学习者通过深入理解内部句法关系更好的掌握英语“限定词+名词”词组的组构和运用,具有理论和实践意义。

目录

Abstract

摘要

Contents

Introduction

0．1 Background of the Study

0．2 Objectives of the Study

0．3 Arrangement of the Study

Chapter 1 Literature Review

1．1 Previous Studies on the Syntactic Relations within the “Determiner+Noun” Phrase in English

1．2 Previous Studies on the Cognitive Motivations of the Syntactic Relations within the “Determiner+Noun’’ Phrase in English

1．3 Comments on the Previous Studies

1．4 Summary

Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations

2．1 Mental Space Theory

2．2 Grounding Theory

2．2．1 Grounding

2．2．2 Grammatical Attributes of Grounding Elements

2．2．3 Grounded Nominal

2．3 Summary

Chapter 3 Grounding and the Syntactic Relations between Determiner and Noun in the “Determiner+Noun’’ Phrase

3．1 Necessity of Grounding in Communication

3．2 Necessity of Determiners in the “Determiner+Noun’’ Phrase

3．2．1 Zero Article as a Covert Determiner

3．2．2 Nature of the Use of the Zero Article

3．3 Grounding and the Syntactic Relations between Differentiating Determiners and the Noun

3．3．1 Differentiating Determiners

3．3．2 Grounding and the Determining Relation of Differentiating

3．4 Grounding and the Syntactic Relations between Quantifying Determiners and the Noun

3．4．1 Quantifying Determiners

3．4．2 The Quantifying Relations between Quantifying Determiners and the Noun

3．5 Summary

Chapter 4 Grounding and the Syntactic Relations between Determiners in the “Determiner+Noun’’ Phrase

4．1 Grounding and the Compatibility between Determiners

4．2 Grounding and the Incompatibility between Determiners

4．2．1 Incompatibility of Predeterminers

4．2．2 Incompatibility of Central Determiners

4．3 Grounding and the Sequence of Determiners

4．3．1 Nominal Structure and the Syntactic Organization of Determiners

4．3．2 Cognitive Motivations of the Irreversibility of the Sequence of Determiners in the “Determiner+Noun" phrase

4．4 Summary

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

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