On the Middle Construction in English from the Perspective of Cognitive Grammar

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On the Middle Construction in English from the Perspective of Cognitive Grammar

LIU Cunwei1，2

(1.School of Foreign Languages, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475001, China; 2.School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China)

Received:2018-04-07 Online:2019-04-10 Published:2019-04-10

认知语法视域下的英语中动句研究

刘存伟1，2

1.河南大学外语学院，河南开封 475001；2.重庆邮电大学外国语学院，重庆 400065

作者简介:刘存伟（1976—），男，河南大学外语学院博士研究生，重庆邮电大学外国语学院副教授，研究方向：认知语法和认知语义学。
基金资助:
教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目“认知语法视角下汉英倚变句的共时和历时研究”（19YJA740033）；重庆市社会科学规划项目“基于批改网的大学生英语语法能力研究”（2017WYZX05）；重庆市社会科学规划项目“认知语法视域下倚变句的共时和历时研究”（2018YBYY134）

Abstract

Abstract: Based on theories of action chain and subjectivity under the framework of Cognitive Grammar, a study on the middle construction in English was conducted with the following findings: 1) The fact that the patient is situated at the subject place in the middle construction is the result of the conceptualizers focus on the energy absorption and state change of the patient in the process of energy transmission; 2) The causative feature of the patient comes from the conceptualizers subjective evaluation of some traits of the patient and the shadowing of the objective energy transmission; 3) The cooccurrence of the middle verb and adverb is formed so that the conceptualizer can weaken the dynamic and eventive character and strengthen the subjective evaluation of the some traits of the patient.

Key words: middle construction, cognitive grammar, action chain, subjectivity

摘要： 以认知语法的行为链和主观性理论为指导，研究英语的中动句。受事题元投射在中动句主语的位置，是概念化主体侧显能量传递过程中受事汲取能量和状态变化阶段的产物；受事主语的致使性语义特征，是主体凸显主观的致使属性评价和遮蔽客观的能量传递过程的结果；副词成分与谓语同现，则是主体弱化谓语的动作性和事件性，强化对受事致使属性的主观评价使然。

关键词: 中动句, 认知语法, 行为链, 主观性

LIU Cunwei1，2. On the Middle Construction in English from the Perspective of Cognitive Grammar[J]. , 2019, 19(2): 123-130.

刘存伟1，2. 认知语法视域下的英语中动句研究[J]. 重庆交通大学学报（社会科学版）, 2019, 19(2): 123-130.

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