“很+名词”结构的模因论分析

摘要

Memetics is a new theory for interpreting cultural evolution. Memes are genes of culture, existing as cultural replicators propagated through imitation;language is one form of their carriers. Memes benefit the devel-opment of language, and at the same time they depend on the language to get themselves replicated and transmit-ted. “HEN+NP” combination is a kind of language variation. Based on the concepts of memetics and the life cycle of memes, this paper analyzes the origin, replication and transmission of“HEN+NP” combination. It fur-ther explores the reasons of its becoming a successful meme and points out that language variation will help to pro-mote the language evolution and its development.%模因论是解释文化进化规律的新理论，其中的模因实际上指文化基因，它靠模仿传播而生存，语言是它的载体之一。模因有利于语言的发展，而模因本身也靠语言得以复制和传播。“很+名词”这一语言变异现象，从开始遭到批判，到人们使用的增多，再到人们普遍地接受、复制和传播，成为强势模因，说明语言的变异是不可避免的。语言正是语言模因经过不断变异而丰富和发展起来的。