修饰语形容词语义指向分析

形容词作定语时修饰主语或宾语,在句法上与其中心语构成直接成分;形容词作状语时修饰谓语,在句法上与谓语构成直接成分。但在语义平面上,定语形容词的语义不仅指向其中心语,还指向句内的其它成分或句外成分;状语形容词的语义不仅指向谓语,还指向句子中的主语、宾语等体词性成分,形成了一种句法与语义相悖的结构。作定语和状语的同一形容词虽语义指向相同,但所表达的主观意义不同,修饰语形容词语义指向的不同是人类认知模式的反映。

The Analysis of Semantic Orientation about Modifier Adjectives

Structurally,the attributive adjectives are to describe the central component and the adverbial adjectives are to modify the predicate while semantically this is not necessarily the case.This paper describes different cases about semantic orientation of adjectives,then studies the cognitive cause of the inconsistence between syntax and semantic.This paper concludes that semantic orientation of modifier adjectives reflects human cognitive models.