A Corpus-Based Study of “V + Dào” Constructions as Temporal Contouring Events in Mandarin

Communication and Linguistics Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI:10.11648/j.cls.20241002.11

Lin Yu, Xuehan Jiang

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The temporal contouring event is a hot topic in Talmy’s linguistic typology, and the “V + Dào” construction is one of the prototypes of Chinese compliments with its typological disputes, which lie in its event integration patterns. According to the corpus-based and correlational analysis of “V + Dào” constructions as temporal contouring events in Mandarin, this paper aims to explore their event integration patterns and reveal their event integration degrees in terms of event semantics, and syntactic properties. The research results are found that: IEI_V can conflate 2 conceptual primitives;  IEI_D consists of two conceptual primitives; EEI_VD contains 2 combinations of IEI_V and IEI_D, which can be formularized as “2+2”;  the value of EEI_Type refers to the verb-phase construction (VPha); the hierarchy of correlated variables in IEI_V and IEI_D is ranked as “(ActiPro > AssoFun) > (SynType_VD > SynTyp_X) > (FigEnt_Anim)”; Chin_VD is only weakly correlated with SynType_VD and SynTyp_X. This study can provide insights to reveal the lexicalization and grammaticalization processes of “V + Dào” construction or even the verb complement construction in Mandarin.

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基于语料库的普通话 "V + Dào "结构时态轮廓事件研究

时间轮廓事件是 Talmy 语言类型学的一个热门话题，而 "V + Dào "结构是汉语赞美原型之一，其类型学争议在于其事件整合模式。本文通过对普通话中作为时间轮廓事件的 "V+dào "结构进行语料库分析和关联分析，探讨其事件整合模式，并从事件语义和句法属性两方面揭示其事件整合程度。研究结果表明IEI_V 可以混淆 2 个概念基元； IEI_D 由 2 个概念基元组成；EEI_VD 包含 IEI_V 和 IEI_D 的 2 个组合，可表述为 "2+2"； EEI_Type 的值是指动宾结构（VPha）； IEI_V 和 IEI_D 中相关变量的等级排序为"（ActiPro > AssoFun）>（SynType_VD > SynTyp_X）>（FigEnt_Anim）"；Chin_VD 与 SynType_VD 和 SynTyp_X 只有弱相关。这项研究有助于揭示普通话中 "V+dào "结构甚至动词补语结构的词法化和语法化过程。

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