人类语言进行体表达式的类型及其时空性差异

Progressive Expression Types in Human Languages and the Discrepancies in Temporality and Spatiality

  • 摘要: 本文基于72种语言样本,分析了人类语言进行体表达式的类型及其时空性差异。从是否涉及核心动词自身的形态变化、标记的性质以及与方所义或方所成分的关联度等因素来看,人类语言进行体的各种表达式形成一个以空间概念表达时间概念的显著程度的连续统,也就是人类语言进行体表达式时空性显著程度的连续统。研究也发现人类语言进行体表达式的一些蕴含共性。

     

    Abstract: This article presents an analysis of progressive expression types in human languages, based on a sample of 72 languages.The study focuses on the discrepancies in temporality and spatiality within these expressions.By considering the morphological changes of the core verbs, the nature of markers, and their correlation with locative meaning or components, a continuum of progressive aspect expressions emerges.This continuum reveals the varying saliency of progressive aspect expressions across different languages in conveying temporal concepts with spatial concepts.Consequently, this study unveils a continuum that characterizes the temporality and spatiality inherent in progressive aspect expressions in human languages.Additionally, this study identifies several implicational universals in progressive aspect expressions of human languages.

     

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