广东话中位置介词短语的放置:加工与象似性

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2010-09-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2010.8(2).6

Stella Wing Man Kwan

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摘要

广东话作为一种VO语言，以[ppv]而不是[vpp]为主导顺序是不寻常的。dry(1992)发现VO顺序与[vpp]顺序有很强的相关性。Hawkins(1994)给出了一个解释，他认为VO语言和[V[(下标PP) P NP]]顺序可以以最优的处理效率进行处理。本文调查了广东话在加工效率较低的情况下，仍然采用[PP V]订单的原因。虽然广东话中的[[(下标PP) P NP] V]顺序符合象似性，但由于主题PP结构的可用性，避免了[[(下标PP) P NP] V]顺序的低效率，霍金斯(1994)早期直接成分度量(EIC)显示，与[[(下标PP) P NP] V]相比，主题PP结构具有更高的处理效率。语料库结果显示，PP越重，出现在主题位置的百分比越大。正如我将论证的那样，既表现象似性又表现加工效率的主题PP构建表明，象似性和加工这两个看似竞争的功能动机是相互兼容的。

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THE PLACEMENT OF LOCATIVE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES IN CANTONESE: PROCESSING AND ICONICITY

Cantonese is unusual as a VO language in having [PP V] as the dominant order instead of [V PP]. Dryer (1992) found that VO order correlates strongly with [V PP] order. Hawkins (1994) offered an explanation in arguing that VO language and [V [(subscript PP) P NP]] order can be processed with optimal processing efficiency. This paper investigates the reasons why Cantonese still employs the [PP V] order despite its lower processing efficiency. While [[(subscript PP) P NP] V] order in Cantonese conforms to iconicity, the inefficiency of the [[(subscript PP) P NP] V] order is circumvented due to the availability of the topic PP construction, which is shown to have higher processing efficiency when compared to [[(subscript PP) P NP] V] by Hawkins' (1994) metric of Early Immediate Constituents (EIC). Corpus findings show that the heavier the PP, the larger the percentage appearing in topic position. As I will argue, the topic PP construction which exhibits both iconicity and processing efficiency shows that the two seemingly competing functional motivations, iconicity and processing are compatible with each other.

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Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： Taiwan Journal of Linguistics is an international journal dedicated to the publication of research papers in linguistics and welcomes contributions in all areas of the scientific study of language. Contributions may be submitted from all countries and are accepted all year round. The language of publication is English. There are no restrictions on regular submission; however, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications cannot be accepted. TJL adheres to a strict standard of double-blind reviews to minimize biases that might be caused by knowledge of the author’s gender, culture, or standing within the professional community. Once a manuscript is determined as potentially suitable for the journal after an initial screening by the editor, all information that may identify the author is removed, and copies are sent to at least two qualified reviewers. The selection of reviewers is based purely on professional considerations and their identity will be kept strictly confidential by TJL. All feedback from the reviewers, except such comments as may be specifically referred to the attention of the editor, is faithfully relayed to the authors to assist them in improving their work, regardless of whether the paper is to be accepted, accepted upon minor revision, revised and resubmitted, or rejected.