This paper proposes a structural borrowing account for a lexicogrammatical phenomenon whereby, in on ongoing Cantonese discourse, the use of a single-word English preposition triggers and activates an English construction, specifically an NP COP P NP sequence, and brings it into that discourse. The borrowed structure eventually converges with Cantonese, with the English preposition reanalyzed as a verb or a coverb. It is further suggested that these processes of structural borrowing and convergence are semantically motivated. Drawing on Cognitive Grammar, the borrowed structure np cop p np profiles a location as a relationship (whereas in Cantonese it is profiled as a thing by a postposition), and the pp (i.e., p np ) is profiled as a property of the subject or trajector (whereas in Cantonese a coverb phrase is always associated with a process). The converged constructions – in which an English preposition is reanalyzed as a verb or coverb – profile more dynamic and specific processes.
本文提出了一个词汇语法现象的结构借用解释，即在正在进行的粤语语篇中，单个英语介词的使用触发并激活了一个英语结构，特别是一个NP - COP - P - NP序列，并将其带入该语篇。借用的结构最终与广东话融合，英语介词被重新分析为动词或复盖词。进一步表明，这些结构借用和趋同过程是语义驱动的。借鉴认知语法，借用结构np cop p np将位置描述为一种关系(而在广东话中，它通过后置词被描述为一件事)，pp(即p np)被描述为主语或轨迹的属性(而在广东话中，覆盖短语总是与一个过程相关联)。聚合结构——将英语介词作为动词或动词复盖词重新分析——描绘了更加动态和具体的过程。
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