词汇映射理论在汉语句法的研究中应用.pdfVIP

2 LMT LMT , LMT , LMT , , LMT , [+ r] [2 o] , LMT , / 0 , , : 11 1111 Lexical Mapping Theory, LMT) Bresnan Kenerva 1989 , ( L G ) , ( thematic role ) ( grammatical function) ( 1) (lexical semant ics) (argument structure, a2 ) (Bresnan, 1995) LMT , a2 , , a2 a2 ,LMT a2 LMT : ,LMT (themat ic role hierarchy, TRH), (2) 1 (2) ag ben recip/ exp inst th/pt loc # 1997 4 (78 ) : 12 16 Lexical Mapp ing Th eor y and it s Appli cat ion in Ch inese PanHaihua This paper discusses the application of Lexical Mapping Theory (LMT) to certain aspects of syntactic study in Chinese1 It focuses on two constructions: the existential construction and the bei passive con2 struction1 After briefly introducing the basic concepts of LMT, we point out some inadequate treatment of previous studies on these two constructions, especially that by Tan ( 1991) 1 While we agree with Tan for a Maleficiary Role Insertion (MRI) in Chinese which helps to explain the difference between English and Chinese passive constructions, we do not think that MRI is triggered by bei, and we claim that there should be a general MRI, constrained by some semantic condit ions, which isresponsible for the maleficiary role insert ion in both bei passive sentences and sentences with unaccusative verbs1 With the help of MRI, we can provide a satisfactory explanation to the puzzling0 retained0 object construction1 We argue that, in2 stead of using Tan. s defau