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| Title: | 華語客體量變動詞短語未完成義之實證性研究
Incompleteness of incremental theme VPs in Mandarin Chinese: an experimental study |
| Authors: | 廖俞涵
Liao, Yu-Han |
| Contributors: | 陳仲妤
Chen, Chung-Yu
廖俞涵
Liao, Yu-Han |
| Keywords: | 客體量變動詞短語
完成動詞
完整體標記「了」
終結性
Incremental theme VPs
Accomplishment verbs
Perfective aspect marker -le
Event Completion |
| Date: | 2025 |
| Issue Date: | 2025-08-04 15:32:08 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | 華語中的完成動詞(如「寫一封信」與「吃一個蘋果」)在與完整體標記「了」搭配時通常會有事件完成之意，然並非所有完成動詞在搭配完整體標記「了」後事件皆需要完成，客體量變動詞短語搭配「了」的「動詞+了+限定詞+名詞」結構即為一類，其事件完成是否必要與其「動詞種類」、「限定詞種類」與「名詞種類」有關，在某些特定條件下，華語客體量變動詞短語在完整體下允許事件未完成的解讀。
由於現有研究中，關於何種條件會使客體量變動詞短語允許未完成義之討論以理論為主：一般認為，動詞種類為「創造動詞」(如「寫一封信」)時，相較於動詞種類為「消耗動詞」（如「吃一個蘋果」)時不容易允許未完成解讀，而限定詞為「指示詞」或「一」時，相較於限定詞為其他數詞時更容易允許未完成解讀。在理論性研究之外，實證性研究較少，且這些少數的實證性研究僅聚焦在限定詞為「指示詞」或「數詞」的差異，並未探討不同數詞間的差別，且對於動詞類型是否影響未完成義的解讀仍不清楚。
針對以上研究缺口，本研究聚焦在限定詞為「數詞+量詞」結構之客體量變動詞短語，透過改變「動詞＋了＋數詞＋量詞＋名詞」中的「數詞種類」與「動詞種類」，在「圖片判斷測驗」與「二元接受度測驗」兩個實驗中，測試華語母語者對於「動詞＋了＋數詞＋量詞＋名詞」事件完成與事件未完成解讀的接受度。
研究結果部分，本研究總共有41位資料有效的受試者，實驗結果顯示「數詞種類」會影響在兩個實驗中對「動詞＋了＋數詞＋量詞＋名詞」未完成解讀的接受度，當數詞為「一」時的接受度低於數詞為「三」時的接受度。另一方面，「動詞種類」則不一定，在「圖片判斷測驗」中，動詞為「創造動詞」時的接受度較動詞為「消耗動詞」高，在「二元接受度測驗」中則差異不大。因此，無論是關於「數詞種類」還是「動詞種類」，本研究之研究結果皆不符合根據現有理論性研究而建立的假設，推測為任務效應之緣故，因此有待未來針對實驗方式進行改善。
In Mandarin Chinese, accomplishment verbs (eg. xie yi feng xin “write a letter” and chi yi ge pingguo “eat an apple”) combined with the perfective aspect marker -le typically indicate event completion. However, not all accomplishment verbs, when paired with "-le," necessitate the completion of the event. Incremental theme VPs with perfective marker “-le”, structured as "Verb + -le + Determiner + Noun," represent a category where the necessity of event completion depends on the verb type, quantifier type, and noun type. Under specific conditions, these phrases may allow interpretations where the event is not completed.
Current research mainly examines this phenomenon from a theoretical perspective. Generally, it is believed that when the verb type is a "creation verb" (eg. xie yi feng xin “write a letter”), it is less likely to allow an incomplete interpretation compared to when the verb type is a "consumption verb" (eg. chi yi ge pingguo “eat an apple”). Additionally, when the determiner is a "demonstrative" or "one," it is more likely to allow an incomplete interpretation than when the determiner is another numeral. However, beyond these theoretical studies, empirical research remains relatively scarce. Moreover, these few empirical studies focus on differences when the determiner is a demonstrative or a numeral, without exploring variations among different numerals. The influence of verb types on the interpretation of event completion remains unclear.
Addressing these gaps, this study focuses on incremental theme VPs with a "Numeral + Classifier" structure. By manipulating the “verb type” and the “numeral type” in the "Verb + -le + Numeral + Classifier + Noun" construction, the study examines Mandarin native speakers' acceptance of event completion and non-completion interpretations through a Picture Judgment Task and a Binary Acceptability Judgment Task.
Based on data from 41 participants, the experimental findings indicate that "numeral type" influenced participants' acceptance of the incomplete interpretation of the structure "verb + -le + numeral + classifier + noun" in both experiments. Specifically, when the numeral was "one”, acceptance was lower than when the numeral was "three." On the other hand, the impact of "verb type" varied. In the "picture judgment task," acceptance was higher when the verb was a "creative verb" compared to when it was a "consumptive verb", whereas in the "binary acceptability judgment task," the difference was minimal. Therefore, the study’s findings regarding both "numeral type" and "verb type" do not align with hypotheses based on existing theoretical research. This discrepancy is presumed to be due to task effects, highlighting the need for future refinement of the experimental methodology. |
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國立政治大學
華語文教學碩博士學位學程
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