漢語詞素與坐標系：兼評語言學理論的科學性

Placing Chinese Morphemes in a Coordinate System: Reflecting on the Scientific Nature of Linguistic Theorization

對漢語動補詞的研究表明，派生詞並非是一個對所有的語言都具意義的理論概念。在漢語中，通過座標系來測量和定位一個詞素的語義、語音及自由度漂移，可以更加精確地處理各類構詞現象和反映其歷史緣由。在此基礎上，本文第二部分對當代句法理論的研究方法提出一些質疑。

Chinese resultative words offer evidence that derivational morphology is not always a meaningful concept for languages, and that a coordinate system measuring the degrees of shift in semantic content, phonological content and boundness can more accurately handle the facts of word formation and reflect a language’s unique historical heritage. This approach raises issues with the methodology of the Principles-and-Parameters model of language, which is critically examined in the second half of the paper.