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“比较概念”与“描写范畴”(4)


    
        三、结语 
        Haspelmath提出的比较概念与描写范畴这对概念,既有其富有远见之处,亦有局限性。其中,“比较概念是需要人为定义的,而不是去发现的”这一观念与成熟的经验科学学科的做法一致,且有利于换一个视角破除语言学中长久以来得不到解决的“连续体难题”;而描写范畴,基本上对应于个别语种中的形式类,本文不认同其关于个别语种描写的看法,提倡应当建立尽可能普遍的描写框架,这个框架可以是基于一些基本的比较概念来建立的。
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        作者简介:2016年毕业于同济大学土木工程系,获工学学士学位。现为上海外国语大学语言研究院硕士研究生,研究兴趣为语言类型学和构式语法。
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