論漢語兩種關聯句式的語法與語意

On the Syntax and Semantics of Two Correlative Constructions in Mandarin Chinese

本文探討漢語關聯句式 “越…越…” 句和 “再…也…” 句。語意上這兩種句式都表示兩個變數之間的關聯：“越…越…” 句式表示條件、時間變化與結果狀態之間的比例關聯；“再…也…” 句式則表示讓步的假定與說話者主觀認定的必然結果之間的關聯。兩種句式的第一個關聯副詞都出現在句子的主題裡，而第二個關聯副詞都出現在評論裡。此外，“越” 跟 “再” 都只能修飾可量化的謂語詞組，而 “也” 的修飾範域較大，也不限於修飾可以量化的詞組。

This paper investigates two correlative constructions, yuè … yuè… and zài … ye& …, in Mandarin Chinese. It is shown that they share many semantic and syntactic properties. Both of the constructions at issue are used to express a link between two variables, one independent and the other dependent. Besides, it is argued that both zài and the first yuè occur in the topic portion of a sentence, while ye& and the second yuè occur in the comment part of the sentence. Finally, yuè and zài have to coöccur with quantifiable predicate phrases, but ye& , with a wider scope of modification than yuè or zài, is not subject to the same constraint.