認知相對論：漢語結果複合動詞的啟示

Cognitive Relativism: Resultative Construction in Chinese

語言相對論與認知相對論在當代的認知語言學重新得到詮釋。本文認為表達結果的漢語動詞複合詞的述語中心是落在表達結果的補語，而不是在表達動作的動詞部分。本文也因此對眾所週知的塔米動詞類型理論提出修正。本文進一步認為在認知上，漢語使用者比較注重一個事件的結果，而相對的英語使用者比較注重一個事件的過程。

Cognitive linguistics is viewed as a modern approach to linguistic relativity and cognitive relativism. Resultative verb compounds in Chinese are analyzed in terms of Talmy’s conceptual approach and are shown to present a problem for Talmy’s well-known typological dichotomy between “verb-framed” and “satelliteframed” languages. It is also argued that the so-called “resultative complement” in Chinese resultative verb compounds can be treated as the center of predication, even as the main verb. Pending further psycholinguistic evidence, it appears that Chinese speakers attend relatively more to the result of an event, whereas English speakers attend more to the process of an event.