[程度修飾語(yǔ)+名詞]構(gòu)式的認(rèn)知闡釋.pdf

1、This paper adopts a construction-based approach in combination with cognitive semanticstenets to rethink the mystified“Adv．+Noun combination”in the Chinese language．Withoutprecedent，English data are also discussed SO tha

2、t a uniform picture of the redefined[egreeModifier+NP]construction，treated as an instantiation of the Degree Modifier Construction，can be presented．My analyses，both qualitative(the Lexical Concept Scaling Co-selectionMod

3、el)and quantitative(type frequency of degree modifiers and the contrastive propertiesconnotated in the NPs)，have testified that 1)the [Degree Modifier+NP]construction is anindependent composite structure that results fro

4、m the dynamics of semantics and syntax ofwords and phrases；2)the composite structure has its preference for high degree modifierswhich obligatorily provide a perspective to interpret the follow-up NPs；whereas the NP pool

5、tends to license those NPs with contrastive properties connotated in the relevant entities oroftentimes in actual discourse the NPs are imposed to have contrastive properties；3)the twocomponent elements operate on the sa

6、me schematic structure—gradability,which largelyreflects the role of human cognitive capacities of metaphor and metonymy．Both thewell-formedness and interpretability of the[Degree Modifier+NP]construction areelaborated i

7、n this research and major theoretical implications are summarized as follows：1)human knowledge is structured in a constructional networking linked by nodes of lexicalconcepts；2)construction is a context where lexical ite

8、ms realize their meaning shifting；3)theconstrual of linguistic entities largely depends upon human cognitive resources and culturalmodels． Keywords：Construction Grammar；cognitive semantics；Degree Modifier；lexical con