Active zones

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1、ActiveZones:MetonymicSemanticConstruct活跃区：转喻性语义构件PhenomenaCanyoustartthecar?(engineofthecar)Canyouwashthecar?(bodyofthecar)Canyouhooverthecar?(interiorofthecar)Canyoulubricatethecar?(partseasingsmoothmotion)Whole–part:Speakingofawholethingbutmeaningitspartisav

2、erycommonphenomenoninlanguage.Suchpartsofawholeareknownasanentity’sactivezone.Ihaveareallyslowcar.Thecarisslowbutitiselegant.Kiss:那个—亲—吻—嘴儿—呗儿Maincontents1.Phenomenon:Activezone/profilediscrepancy2.Analysis:AlexicalpolysemyaccountAZ/PDiscrepancyAZ/PAssociationA

3、Z/PCoincidence/Specification3.Grammaticalimplications4.AZ:SynonymyofMetonymy5.CriticismsConcepts:Profile;Activezone;Metonymy;Domain;ReferencepointActiveZone:RelationalpredicationsDavidblinked.Sheheardthepiano.Thepianowasinabadmood.David—eyelidthepiano—thesoundo

4、fitthepiano—thepianoplayerThisphenomenonpertainstothecompatibilityofarelationalpredicationwithitsarguments.ActiveZone:Raisinga.Wombatsaretoughtocatch.b.Tomislikelytosucceed.c.IbelieveTomtobeanhonorableman.Object-to-subjectraisingSubject-to-subjectraisingSubject

5、-to-objectraising-RaisingandTransparency1999AnalysisGenerativetheoryLogicalrelationanalysisLexicalvariantanalysisCognitivetheoryIsthefollowingsentencecontradictory?(1)a.Ineedaredpen.b.Thisredpenisn’tred.(2)a.Yourdogbitmycat.b.?Yourdogbitmycatwithitsteeth.c.*You

6、rdog’steethbitmycat’stail.PatternAdj+trtr+verb+lmOnlyselectedaspectsoftheseentitiesaredirectlyinvolvedintheprofiledrelationship.Activezone/profilediscrepancyThereisadiscrepancybetweentheentityexplicitlymentionedbyalinguisticform(i.e.itsprofile)andtheentitythatd

7、irectlyparticipatesintheclausalrelationship(i.e.itsactivezonewithrespecttothatrelationship).Anentity’sactivezone(AZ)isthoseportionsoftheentity(trorlm)thatparticipatemostdirectlyandcruciallyinthatrelationship.trlmActivezone/profilediscrepancyYourdogbitmycat.azaz

8、Fig.aRelationalpredicationsAZ/profilediscrepanciesarenotrestrictedtoverbs,adjectives,butcanbefoundwithanykindofrelationalexpressions.Compare:(3)a.Susanhasacigaretteinhismout