‘연동문’의 정의와 범주 설정에 대한 소고

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper examines the terms and definitions of Serial-Verb Construction in Modern Chinese, and discusses the categorization of Serial-Verb Construction.
First, we argued that the existing definition of “Structure in which consecutive verbs are used” does not reflect the overall structure and semantic relationship of this structure, and proposed that we need a new analysis based on the semantic relations of the whole sentence in which this composition is realized, not the form-based analysis.
I note that Serial-Verb Construction consists of two or more clauses, thus suggested that Serial-Verb Construction is a complex sentence, not a simple sentence. Serial-Verb Constructions can not change the positions of the antecedent clause and the following clause, and the semantics are different even if they are changed. Therefore, they correspond to the subordinate structure, not the coordinate structure.
The semantic types of Serial-Verb Constructions can be arranged as follows: Temporal relationship ②Method/Means ③Cause/Assumption ④Purpose ⑤ Positive/Negative ⑥The verb of the antecedent clause is ‘You’. According to the semantic relationship of the antecedent clause and the following clause of the Serial-Verb Construction, all of the subordinate clauses of the Serial-Verb Constructions were found to be adjunct clauses.
Therefore, Serial-Verb Construction is a complex sentence composed of two or more clauses in a sentence system, and if we look at the semantic relationship, adjunct clause is embedded in it. Just as there are no particular names for complex sentences which have specifier clauses or complement clauses, the category for the sentences which have adjunct clauses also need not be named separately. Furthermore, the conventional name of ‘Serial-Verb Construction’ based on a form that does not have discriminative power is not suitable for this configuration.