Process-Related Durative Phrases as Numeral-Classifier Phrases in Chinese

漢語的名前時量詞應分析為量詞

廖偉聞(Roger Wei-Wen Liao)

《Taiwan Journal of Linguistics》 12卷2期 (2014/09) Pp. 59-80

https://doi.org/10.6519/TJL.2014.12(2).3

摘要

本文討論出現在名前的時量詞的句法地位，主張其應當分析為量詞組。本文從兩方面提出新的證據，即閩南語裡的連讀變調規則以及漢語裡「的」字出現／省略的規則。這個新的量詞分析不但可以整合早前不同分析的矛盾之處，也可以對名前時量詞組帶來的句法－語意衝突難題提出統一的解釋。

關鍵字

漢語句法 ； 時量詞組 ； 句法－語意衝突 ； 連讀變調

並列摘要

This paper argues that pre-nominal durative phrases should be analyzed as numeral-classifiers in Chinese. New evidence is provided from Taiwanese tone sandhi rules and the de-insertion rule in Mandarin. It is shown that the numeral-classifier analysis of the pre-nominal durative phrase is able to solve the tension among previous analyses, and may provide a unified account for the syntax-semantic mismatch of the durative phrase.

並列關鍵字

Chinese syntax ； durative phrases ； syntax-semantic mismatch ； Taiwanese tone sandhi

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