Abstract:
The semantic map is one of the most effective tools in linguistic typology to study the association
patterns between multifunctional grammatical forms and grammatical meanings, and it can clearly and intuitively
show the commonalities and differences among different languages in the form of “Maps”. We focus on the
semantic distribution and syntactic representation of the explicit causative constructions in the eight languages
of the five major language families. Through systematic contrast analysis and semantic map model, this paper
demonstrates the cognitive representation of the rich semantic features that make up this concept in different
languages.
语义地图是目前语言类型学(Typology)中研究多功能语法形式与语法意义关联模式最有效的工具之一,它可以以“地图”的形式清晰直观地展示出不同语言之间的共性与差异。本文关注五大语系八种语言中显性致使句式的语义分布及句法表现,通过系统对比分析及语义地图模型来展示致使(Causative)这一概念包含的丰富的语义特征在不同语言中的认知表现。