Constructional Competition – Preposition Stranding and Pied-Piping in World Englishes

结构竞赛——世界英语中的介词搁浅和花哨

• 批准号: 461656077
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Thomas Hoffmann
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lehrstuhl Englische Sprachwissenschaft
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 资助国家: 德国
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/461656077?language=en
• 关键词: Constructional; Competition; Preposition; Stranding; Pied

Languages often possess two or more constructions that express a similar meaning. The choice between these competing constructions is frequently dependent on processing factors that interact in complex ways with stylistic as well as other linguistic variables. The present study now looks at one specific structural alternation, namely preposition placement in filler-gap constructions, and investigates it in various L1 and L2 Englishes: (1) a. This is a topic about which I want to know more! [pied-piping] b. This is a topic which I want to know more about! [stranding]As the examples in (1) show, Standard English has two competing placements of prepositions in relative constructions: in (1a) the preposition about is fronted to the initial position of the relative clause (it is “pied-piped”), while in (1b) it remains “stranded” (i.e. appears clause-internally without an adjacent NP complement;). The present study will analyze the competition between the two structures using a combination of Usage-based Construction Grammar and New Englishes approaches. Drawing on corpus as well as experimental data, the project will thus generate important insights into the constructional network as well as the evolution of New Englishes.

语言通常有两个或两个以上的结构来表达相似的意思。在这些相互竞争的构式之间的选择往往取决于加工因素，这些因素与文体和其他语言变量以复杂的方式相互作用。本研究着眼于一种特殊的结构变化，即介词在填空结构中的位置，并在不同的一语和二语英语中对其进行了研究：(1)a.这是一个我想知道更多的话题！这是一个我想更多了解的话题！[stranding]正如(1)中的例子所示，标准英语在关系结构中有两个相互竞争的介词位置：在(1a)中，介词are放在关系从句的起始位置前面(它是“管道的”)，而在(1b)中，它仍然是“搁置的”(即在内部出现从句，没有相邻的NP补语；)。本研究将使用基于用法的构式语法和新英语理论相结合的方法来分析这两种结构之间的竞争。利用语料库和实验数据，该项目将对构建网络以及新英语的演变产生重要的见解。