ABSTRACT

The present study focuses on the quantitative aspects of clauses related to the empirical study on valency. We employed the length of clause, the position of clause, and the depth of clause as the linguistic entities. It can be observed that there are relationships with significant functions among these entities. A relationship between the position and the depth of clause obeys Köhler’s model while a relationship between the length and the position of the clause shows opposite functions to Köhler’s model. A relationship between the depth and the length of the clause shows a decreasing function. However, length can be affected by other entities. The method of measuring entities, e.g. a position of the clause in the sentence must be reconsidered.

摘要

本研究侧重于与效价实证研究相关的从句的定量方面。我们采用从句的长度，从句的位置和从句的深度作为语言实体。可以观察到，这些实体之间存在着具有重要功能的关系。子句的位置和深度之间的关系服从Köhler模型，而子句的长度和位置之间的关系则显示与Köhler模型相反的功能。子句的深度和长度之间的关系显示出递减函数。但是，长度可能会受到其他实体的影响。必须重新考虑度量实体的方法，例如，句子中句子的位置。