“介词＋小句”结构的功能分析

文章尝试用系统功能语法理论来分析汉语中句首的"介词+小句"结构①的语法归属问题。文章从介词引导的小句入手,审视了该小句与后面小句之间的关系,并重新分析了介词的功能。研究结果表明,从类型学的视角来看,介词同样具有连接功能,介词后的小句通过介词与随后的小句连接成小句复合体②;从拓扑学的视角来看,从"介词+名词词组"到"介词+小句"体现了环境成分到从属小句的渐变过程。

A Systemic Functional Analysis of the ＂Preposition ＋ Clause＂ Structure

This article,by using Systemic Functional Linguistic theories,discusses the grammatical status of "preposition + clause" structure in Chinese.Taking the clause introduced by the preposition as the start point,the study examines grammatical relationship between the clause and the following clause and reanalyzes the function of the preposition.The result shows that preposition can also function as conjunctives which combined the two clauses into a clause complex when taking a typological perspective,while taking a topological view,the cline between outer circumstantial elements and dependent clauses is embodied in the continuum from "preposition + norminal group" to "preposition + clause".