ArticleOpen Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2022.12.029
The Subject Ambiguity Phenomenon in Existential and Possessive Sentences—Take Chinese and Japanese for Examples
Ruijia Zhang
North China Electric Power University, China.
*Corresponding author: Ruijia Zhang
Published: January 15,2023
Abstract
This paper takes the Subject ambiguity phenomenonin existential and possessive sentences as the research object. Firstly, it describes the different distribution of the subject ambiguity phenomenon in Chinese and Japanese existential and possessive sentences. Then, in view of the shortcomings of explanations in previous studies, from three aspects: the conceptual level, the constructional level and the concept-construction interface level, a new explanation is proposed based on the theoretical framework of cognitive grammar. Finally, Using this new explanation, this paper successfully explains the reasons for the difference in the distribution of subject ambiguity between Chinese and Japanese existential sentences and possessive sentences.
Keywords
Existential sentence, possessive sentence, subject ambiguity
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How to cite this paper
The Subject Ambiguity Phenomenon in Existential and Possessive Sentences—Take Chinese and Japanese for Examples
How to cite this paper: Ruijia Zhang. (2022) The Subject Ambiguity Phenomenon in Existential and Possessive Sentences—Take Chinese and Japanese for Examples. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science, 6(4), 708-712.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2022.12.029