The Analysis of Tautological Constructions from a Constructional Approach
Tautology is a characteristic and pervasive structure in English and Chinese conversations and literary works.This paper tries to take Construction Grammar as a theoretical framework.From this perspective,the constructional status of tautologies are examined.The constructional network is re-examined and the schematic and instantiated tautologies are identified.Based on Construction Grammar theory,we analyze the extension mechanism of the tautological construction network.Four categories of tautological constructions are found,and the constructional functions between Chinese and English tautologies are compared.This study proves that Construction Grammar could offer us an integral perspective with which to analyze tautological expressions in Chinese and English.
tautology construction inheritance schematic constructional meaning constructional function
Hongjuan Fang
Foreign Languages School,Zaozhuang University,Zaozhuang,China
国际会议
吉林
英文
285-292
2018-06-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）