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英语V-TIME-away构式的选择限制与转喻识解 Introduction： English,asalanguage,isnotjustameansofcommunication,butalsoamediumtoexpressvariousaspectsoflifeinasubtleandcreativeway.Inthisregard,theselectionrestrictionsoftheV-TIME-awayconstructionanditsmetaphoricalinterpretationaretwoessentialaspectsofEnglishsyntaxandusage.Thispaperwilldelveintothesetwoaspectsandarguethattheyarecriticaltounderstandinghowlanguagecanbeusedeffectivelyandefficiently. Section1:SelectionrestrictionsofV-TIME-awayconstruction TheV-TIME-awayconstructionisaverbphraseconsistingofthreeelements:theverb(V),thetimeexpression(TIME),andthepreposition(away)indicatingmovementordeparture.Thisconstructionhascertainselectionrestrictions,whichlimitthetypesofverbsthatcanbeusedinthisconstruction.Specifically,theserestrictionspertaintotheaspectualandlexicalfeaturesofverbs. Aspectualrestrictionsrefertoverbsthatdenoteaprocessorastateratherthanaresultorendpoint.Inotherwords,verbsthatdescribeachangethattakesplaceoveraperiodoftime,suchas'work','study','travel'and'sleep',aremorelikelytobeusedintheV-TIME-awayconstruction.Conversely,verbsthatdescribeasingleactionorevent,suchas'eat','drink','write','read',and'watch',arelesslikelytobeusedinthisconstruction. Anothergroupofselectionrestrictionspertaintothelexicalfeaturesofverbs.Forinstance,verbsthatindicateaphysicaloremotionaljourney,suchas'run','walk','swim','drive','cry','laugh','sigh',aretypicallyusedinthisconstruction.Similarly,verbsthatimplyadistanceorseparation,suchas'move','leave','escape','abandon','forget','ignore','remove',arealsofrequentlyusedinthisconstruction. Section2:MetaphoricalinterpretationofV-TIME-awayconstruction TheV-TIME-awayconstructionisnotonlyusedforliteralexpressionsofmovementordeparture,butalsoformetaphoricalexpressionsthatconveyvariousmeaningsandconnotations.Themetaphoricalinterpretationofthisconstructionisoftenbasedontheunderlyingconceptualmetaphoricalsysteminwhichthephysicaldomainofmovementisusedtounderstandtheabstractdomainofhumanexperience. Onecommonmetaphorical