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一直以来，关于英语让步条件构式的研究未能清晰回答其意义建构机制。本文基于美国当代英语语料库，运用构式搭配分析方法，提取“Just Because X Doesn’t Mean Y”(JBX-DMY)构式的典型共现词位和搭配表达，并在认知语法视角下深入分析其意义建构过程。文章提出两种互补的建构模式：其一是基于“量级轴线”的推理模式，其二是基于“认知参照点”的否定推测模式。这两种模式共同揭示了 JBX-DMY 构式中的主观性和让步性是如何通过识解机制动态涌现的。研究旨在为英语让步条件构式的认知描写及同类构式研究提供理论参考与研究路径。
Abstract：Previous studies on English concessive conditional constructions have not adequately addressed how their meanings are constructed.Drawing upon data from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA),this paper investigates the construction Just Because X Doesn’t Mean Y (JBX-DMY) through collostructional analysis to identify typical co-occurring lexemes and collocations.Within the framework of cognitive grammar,the study proposes two complementary modes of meaning construction:a scalar-inferential model based on magnitude alignment,and a negative-inferential model based on cognitive reference points.These two models together illuminate how the subjectivity and concessiveness of JBX-DMY emerge through construal mechanisms.The study aims to provide both theoretical insight and methodological reference for the cognitive analysis of concessive conditional constructions.
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(2) 本研究始于2016年，故语料截至2016年10月，后续研究将采用COCA更新版补充分析结果。
(3) 请看以下4个例句：例(7)I may love her just because she’s my sister,but I don’t like her.例(8)I wasn’t very interested,but I bought a little booklet about astronomy,and started reading it just because I didn’t have anything else to do.例(9)I remember you’re once saying to me,“Just because you don’t know what you’re doing，don’t take it out on us.”例(10)Just because it’s a smaller building,does that mean you shouldn’t have sprinklers?例(7)后半句的转折but I don’t like her并非由前半句just because she’s my sister推测而来，换言之，此句虽有转折，但缺少推测，转折标记是让步构式的必要不充分条件。例(8)仅追溯了I started reading it的原因，即I didn’t have anything else to do，并未根据此原因继续推测并否定结果，该句属于just because的因果解读，并非推测解读。例(9)后半句为祈使句，例(10)后半句为疑问句。这些类型的句子皆不符合前人界定的JBX-DMY的句法和语义特征，故予以排除。
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(5) 本文仅讨论显著吸引和显著排斥(关联强度大于3，相应p值小于0.001)的共现词。
基本信息:
DOI：10.13564/j.cnki.issn.1672-9382.2025.05.002
中图分类号:H314.3
引用信息:
[1]张松松,胡晋阳.英语让步条件构式的意义建构——以Just Because X Doesn’t Mean Y为例[J].中国外语,2025,22(05):37-45.DOI:10.13564/j.cnki.issn.1672-9382.2025.05.002.
基金信息:
国家社科基金项目“时空概念化视域下的英汉谓词框架认知对比研究”（编号：24BYY087）的阶段性成果