英汉结构型歧义句的句法分析
Syntactic Analysis of Structural Ambiguous Sentences in English and Chinese
摘要: 本文以生成语法理论为框架，运用其空语类、量化词提升、否定辖域及修饰关系等理论内容，对英汉结构型歧义句展开研究。旨在剖析此类歧义句的成因与共性，通过对英汉典型结构型歧义句的句法分析，发现英汉在结构歧义方面存在诸多相似之处，如空语类PRO引发受事和施事题元角色错位、量化词提升导致逻辑结构歧义、否定辖域或中心不明以及修饰关系不明造成歧义等。本研究有助于深化对英汉语言本质的理解，为语言教学、翻译及自然语言处理等领域提供理论支持，未来可拓展至更多语言结构型歧义研究及实际应用场景。
Abstract: Within the framework of Generative Grammar, this study investigates structural ambiguous sentences in English and Chinese by applying theoretical constructs of the framework, such as empty categories, quantifier raising, negative scope, and modification relations. The primary objective is to analyze the causes and commonalities of such ambiguous sentences. Through the syntactic analysis of typical structural ambiguous sentences in English and Chinese, it is found that English and Chinese share numerous similarities in terms of structural ambiguity. These similarities include: ambiguity arising from the misalignment of patient and agent thematic roles caused by the empty category PRO; logical structural ambiguity induced by quantifier raising; ambiguity resulting from unclear negative scope or unclear focus of negation; and ambiguity due to ambiguous modification relations. This research contributes to a deeper understanding of the inherent nature of English and Chinese, and provides theoretical support for fields such as language teaching, translation, and natural language processing. In the future, the research can be extended to the study of structural ambiguity in more linguistic structures and to practical application scenarios.
文章引用：卫梦炜. 英汉结构型歧义句的句法分析[J]. 现代语言学, 2026, 14(1): 591-601. https://doi.org/10.12677/ml.2026.141076

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