The Motivation of Chinese Trisyllables and Their Generation Mechanisms
College of Culture and Communication, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China
| Abstract: | This paper discusses the motives for the generation of Chinese trisyllables and their generative mechanisms, and analyzes the generative laws of trisyllabic rhyme scheme 2+1 forms and 1+2 forms on this basis. The emergence of Chinese trisyllables is the result of the joint action of the need for semantic expression and the principle of linguistic economy. Due to the bisyllabification of Chinese language, the expression form of the unit above the word usually exceed two syllables, and the superiority of three-syllable words lies in the fact that they have richer semantics than two-syllable words and are more economical than four-syllable words. There are two ways to generate three-syllable words: one is to generate three-syllable words directly; one is to generate three-syllable words by compressing four-syllable words, and the principle of compression is that the ones that carry more information are not easy to be compressed, and the ones that carry less information are easier to be compressed. In the generation of three-syllable modifier-head structures, the two-syllable nouns at the back are prioritized to be compressed, so there are far more 2+1 forms than 1+2 forms; while in the generation of three-syllable predicate-object structures, the two-syllable verbs at the front are prioritized to be compressed, so there are far more 1+2 forms than 2+1 forms. |
| Keywords: | Trisyllables; Metrical Patterns; Generative Mechanisms; Compression |
| DOI: | 10.57237/j.cll.2023.04.002 |
View:
Downloads:
Received: 18 October 2023
Accepted: 11 November 2023
Published Online: 27 November 2023
References
| [1] | 吕叔湘. 现代汉语单双音节问题初探 [J]. 中国语文, 1963, (1). |
| [2] | 柯航. 现代汉语单双音节搭配研究 [D]. 中国社会科学院博士学位论文, 2007. |
| [3] | 端木三. 从汉语的重音谈语言的共性与特性 [A]. 中国语言学论丛 (第一辑) [C]. 北京: 北京语言大学出版社, 1997. |
| [4] | 端木三. 重音理论和汉语的词长选择 [J]. 中国语文. 1999, (4). 246-254. |
| [5] | 端木三. 重音、信息和语言的分类 [J]. 语言科学, 2007, (5)． |
| [6] | 冯胜利. 汉语的韵律、词法和句法[M]. 北京 :北京大学出版社, 1997. |
| [7] | 冯胜利. 论汉语的“自然音步” [J]. 中国语文, 1998, (1). |
| [8] | 冯胜利. 汉语韵律句法学 [M]. 上海:上海教育出版社, 2000. |
| [9] | 冯胜利. 韵律构词与韵律句法之间的交互作用 [J]. 中国语文, 2002(06): 515-524+575. |
| [10] | 王洪君. 音节单双、音域展敛 (重音) 与语法结构类型和成分次序 [J]. 当代语言学, 2001, (4). |
| [11] | 王灿龙. 句法组合中单双音节选择的认知解释 [A]. 语法研究和探索 (十一) [C]. 北京: 商务印书馆, 2022. |
| [12] | 张国宪. 形动构造奇偶组配的语义•句法理据 [J]. 世界汉语教学, 2004, No. (04): 5-17+2. |
| [13] | 张国宪. 形名组合的韵律组配图式及其韵律的语言地位 [J]. 当代语言学, 2005(01): 35-52+93. |
| [14] | 吴为善. 现代汉语三音节组合规律初探 [J]. 汉语学习, 1986(05): 1-2. |
| [15] | 周韧. 现代汉语韵律与语法的互动关系研究 [D]. 北京大学博士学位论文, 2006. |
| [16] | 刘叔新. 汉语描写词汇学 [M]. 北京: 商务印书馆, 1990. |
| [17] | 庄会彬, 刘振前. 汉藏语四音格的产生动因 [J]. 民族语文, 2022(04): 3-13. |
| [18] | 朱德熙. 现代汉语语法研究 [M]. 北京: 商务印书馆, 1980. |
| [19] | 张敏. 认知语言学与汉语名词短语 [M]. 北京: 中国社会科学出版社, 1998. |
| [20] | 张国宪. “动+名”结构中单双音节动作动词功能差异初探[J].中国语文, 989, (3). |
| [21] | 李琪, 李红印. 汉语学习词典单双音同义动词释义模式区分度的实证研究 [J]. 汉语学习, 2022(05): 92-102. |
Join the Editorial Board
We invite active, qualified and high profile scientists and researchers to join as Editorial Board Members.
Join UsBecome a Reviewer
Scholars with a strong interest in reviewing are invited to join the reviewer panel to ensure the quality of the research to be published.
Join Us