현대중국어 비한정 주어문의 주어에 대한 인지적 분석 (A Cognitive Analysis on the Subject of Indefinite Subjects Sentence in Chinese)

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초록

The present study examines the cognitive meaning of the subject in an indefinite subject sentence of modern Chinese using the grounding theory and the reasons that an indefinite noun phrase can be used as the subject.
First, the study defines the fundamental concepts of definiteness. Indefinite noun phrases can be categorized into three types: specific, non-specific, and generic. The important indefinite noun phrase form in modern Chinese is ‘Num+CL+N’.
Next, the study analyzes the grounding of an indefinite noun phrase. Based on boundedness, count nouns have been imputed to bounded nouns, and uncountable nouns and collective nouns have been imputed to unbounded nouns. In the case of an abstract noun, the boundedness changes depending on the context. The study demonstrates that the toneless ‘一’ is a grounding factor of indefinite noun phrases in modern Chinese. Furthermore, it has also investigated the instances of types in which bounded nouns and unbounded nouns command. In particular, the ‘Num+CL+N’ form of each type have been classified through a diagram of the instances.
Lastly, the study categorizes the indefinite subject sentences as specific, non-specific, and generic and examines the cognitive meaning of the subject for each category. Certain indefinite subjects mostly appear in realis bounded sentence, thus has a comparatively higher demand for identifiability. Through the diagram of indefinite noun phrases that are modified by limiting qualifiers and descriptive qualifiers, the study verified that the two types of qualifiers can increase the identifiability. Non-specific indefinite subject mostly appears in irrealis or realis unbounded sentence, and thus it has a low demand for identifiability. As such, it does not need to be modified with a qualifier. As apparent in non-specific indefinite noun phrase diagram, the non-specific noun phrases are virtual instances. The generic category can be seen as special cases of non-specific.

영어초록

The present study examines the cognitive meaning of the subject in an indefinite subject sentence of modern Chinese using the grounding theory and the reasons that an indefinite noun phrase can be used as the subject.
First, the study defines the fundamental concepts of definiteness. Indefinite noun phrases can be categorized into three types: specific, non-specific, and generic. The important indefinite noun phrase form in modern Chinese is ‘Num+CL+N’.
Next, the study analyzes the grounding of an indefinite noun phrase. Based on boundedness, count nouns have been imputed to bounded nouns, and uncountable nouns and collective nouns have been imputed to unbounded nouns. In the case of an abstract noun, the boundedness changes depending on the context. The study demonstrates that the toneless ‘一’ is a grounding factor of indefinite noun phrases in modern Chinese. Furthermore, it has also investigated the instances of types in which bounded nouns and unbounded nouns command. In particular, the ‘Num+CL+N’ form of each type have been classified through a diagram of the instances.
Lastly, the study categorizes the indefinite subject sentences as specific, non-specific, and generic and examines the cognitive meaning of the subject for each category. Certain indefinite subjects mostly appear in realis bounded sentence, thus has a comparatively higher demand for identifiability. Through the diagram of indefinite noun phrases that are modified by limiting qualifiers and descriptive qualifiers, the study verified that the two types of qualifiers can increase the identifiability. Non-specific indefinite subject mostly appears in irrealis or realis unbounded sentence, and thus it has a low demand for identifiability. As such, it does not need to be modified with a qualifier. As apparent in non-specific indefinite noun phrase diagram, the non-specific noun phrases are virtual instances. The generic category can be seen as special cases of non-specific.

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