论有标记抽象行为名词的语义特征  

An Analysis of the Semantic Features of the English Abstract Nouns of Action

作　　者：曾亦沙[1] 

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学国际经贸学院,广东广州510420

出　　处：《外语教学》2000年第2期15-18,共4页Foreign Language Education

摘　　要：英语抽象行为名词复数化后其语义发生嬗变 ,获得了特定的指称对象而具有标记性。本文运用题元理论对有标记抽象行为名词的深层结构逻辑语义的指称进行了分析 ,通过给予其语义角色指配 ,认为有标记抽象行为名词是经过压缩、抽象和虚化了的语义实体 ,可指向行为的施事、客体、受事、结果、工具、方法、事件、材料、处所、数量等。nouns of action (hereinafter called AST s),when marked with plural form“ s”, shift to signify specific objects in its deep structure.This paper aims to make with thetatheory an analysis of what the AST s signify and what semantic features they indicate.Given thematic roles,the AST s are shown to be semantic entities referring to agents,theme,patients,results,tools,manners,events,materials,location,amount(or figures),and so on.The realization of the AST s results from a process of grammatical condensation, semantic abstraction and informational implication with textual constraints and for rhetorical purpose.

关 键 词：抽象行为名词 有标记 深层结构 题元角色 

分 类 号：H313[语言文字—英语]