Interaction and explanation: The case of variation in Chinese VO construction
互动与解释: 论汉语动实结构的变化
One-Soon Her 何万顺

Abstract 摘要
Incorporating the concepts of competing changes (Wang 1969), modularity (Huang 1984, 1988), and grammatical interaction (Hsieh 1992a), this paper attempts another support for the claim that variation in structure is often the result of interaction between competing grammatical forces in history, and that competition may occur across modules (Hsieh 1989, Her 1994). We establish explicitly a typology of VO sequences in Mandarin Chinese: 1) word, 2) idiomatic phrase, 3) dual status–word and phrase, and 4) regular phrase, and interpret this variation of VO construction as the consequence of the interaction between two conflicting forces: lexicalization and ionization, of two distinct grammatical modules, lexicon and syntax, respectively.

本文整合了三个概念：王士元 (Wang 1969) 的变化竞争 (competing changes), 黄正德 (Huang 1984) 的模块 (modularity), 及谢信一 (Hsieh 1992a) 的语法互动 (grammatical interaction), 并以此对汉语中动实结构的变化 (variation) 做出分析和解释。我们首先建立并验证汉语中动实结构的几种可能的形态：一.（复合）词，二. 成语词组，三. 双重语位：单词及词组，四. 一般词组；接着进一步地将这数种形态变化的发生归因于词？ (lexicon) 与句 (syntax) 这两个不同模块之间的竞争，而词汇势力的具体表现就是词汇化 (lexicalization) 的过程，句法势力的扩张则是经由离子化 (ionization) 的过程。汉语中动实结构的变化在这种解释下再次说明了语法结构的变化是各种不同的竞争的或互动的势力之间的互动关系所造成的结果 (Her 1994)。

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