论文标题:论英语省略的本质
On the Essence of the English Ellipsis
论文作者 余小强
论文导师 易仲良,论文学位 硕士,论文专业 英语语言文学
论文单位 湖南师范大学,点击次数 203,论文页数 71页File Size1923k
2001-04-01论文网 http://www.lw23.com/lunwen_20619562/ 本质;英语省略;同一性;认知
Essence;English Ellipsis;Identity;Cognition
省略是英语中一个重要的结构成分，本文试图从本体论的角度讨论英语中的省略问题，着重研究英语省略的本质及其限制条件。现代英美社会中快速的生活节奏，促使英语日趋简明畅达。由于受现实生活中引起的竞争感和匆忙感所支配，人们在说话或写作中越来越追求简单、经济。“言以简洁为贵”，这句名言现在越来越为人们所遵循，而省略现象目前在英语中仍处于发展趋势。 世界上各主要语法流派都不同程度地涉及了省略这一普遍语法现象。本文对三家主要语法派别——描写语法、功能语法和转换生成语法的省略观进行了述评，并以认知语法理论为基础，结合两岁女儿对英语的习得，得出省略的本质为“同一性”(IDENTITY)这一结论。在此基础上，对省略进行了重新分类，宏观上将省略二分为显性省略(OVERT ELLIPSIS)和隐性省略(COVERT ELLIPSIS)两大类，并进而将隐性省略二分为弱式(WEAK FORM)和强式(STRONG FORM)。笔者认为，这种分类方法与前三种语法派别相比，具有更强的阐释力。本文框架及要义可分述如下： 第一部分：概述三大语法派别的省略观。通过对三大语法派别省略观的述评，明确界定省略的某些概念，并指出各派别省略观的优劣。 第二部分：从本体论上对省略进行考察，以认知理论为基础，抽象出英语省略的本质。在论证省略的本质为同一性(IDENTITY)之后，以两岁女儿对英语的习得为例，提出“图式填补”假说，结合前人的语言习得理论，说明省略形成的历时性过程。限制条件之后， 第三部分:进一步论证同一性的阐释力在指出省略的以同一性为基础，证明省略二分法(D工CHOTOMY OF对省略进行重新分类。之后，举例ELLIpSIS)的优越性。、。点‘_:‘/、.号’‘““，附忧象近仃‘一些探索‘隆研讨。通过以上研叨;、飞臀以‘、结论二“’省略是一种’心理过程‘ps‘CHo一PROCEss);，:创今堵言子同的句法规则限制了省略的具体运用;(3)同一性是是;笠、贾二严而各语言不同的限制条件则可看作是参蔽毖八“~‘“‘习’“本质加上参数”’纷可解释各类语言存在的省略现乐。
Ellipsis is an important structural device in English grammar. My present thesis is an attempt to study elliptical phenomena from the ontological perspective. Its main purposes are to draw the essence of the English ellipsis and reclassify ellipsis on the base of its essence. It argues that identity is the essence of ellipsis and we can reclassify ellipsis by the relationship between the elliptical element and its respective module-if the identical relationship exists syntactically, we call it overt ellipsis; if it exists psychologically, we call it covert ellipsis. To prove the correctness of my hypothesis, I adopt the cognitive viewpoints as my theoretical basis and my personal experiment of teaching my daughter English as an example. From this example of my daughter"s acquisition of English, I draw a conclusion that ellipsis as a kind of structural device is developed simultaneously with the development of language. Then a dichotomy of ellipsis is made and some design features are suggested.At the same time, we discuss some constraint conditions that may make the elliptical sentences ungrammatical. Four constraint conditions are proposed.Finally we draw a conclusion that identity is the essence of the ellipsis not only in English but also in all the languages in the world. Different language has different constraint conditions that I call parameters. When the two (essence and parameters) combined together, it can be used to explain all the elliptical phenomena in all the languages in the world.
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