Abstract:

本文旨在进一步考察汉语普通话中指示代词所修饰名词短语的数量表达系 统。英汉两种语言在使用指示代词限定名词时，构建出的名词短语都拥有 严格系统的语法形式用以表达数量概念，但前者体现为单复数的区别,而后 者则突显定量与约量之分。在此发现的基础上,本研究尝试对汉语指示代词 所修饰的名词短语进行重新分类，并解释指示代词的一些特殊句法现象。

This paper aims to account for the number system of the noun phrases modified by the demonstrative pronouns in Mandarin Chinese. The cross-linguistic analysis indicates that the noun phrases modified by the demonstrative pronouns in both English and Mandarin Chinese have developed a rigorous grammatical system to represent the property of number. However, whereas the English noun phrases highlight the distinction between singular and plural forms, the Chinese ones tend to distinguish specific quantity from indefinite quantity. A new classificatory framework is proposed to analyse the ‘Demonstrative Pronoun + NP’ structure in Mandarin Chinese, and to explain its unique grammatical behaviours.

Author: Liu Yu 刘宇