关系化的语篇功能研究——兼论关系从句的再分类

在对关系从句结构(即关系从句+核心名词)的研究中,存在一种广泛的结构主义倾向,即只看到其NP属性,相应地也只注意其指称功能。本文认为,关系从句结构在实施指称功能的同时,也间接地表达了一个命题,即兼有述谓功能;继而在语篇范围内对其功能进行考察,得出结论:关系化可以提高话题的连续性,同时也是合理配置前后景的一种结构手段。文章最后以指称和述谓为纵轴、以核心名词的指称特点和关系从句的属性为横轴对关系从句作了再分类。

A Textual Approach Toward Relativization: Recategorization of Relative Clauses

there exists a widespread structuralist tendency in the study of the relative clause, which over-emphasizes its NP nature and accordingly its reference function. It is argued in this thesis that a relative clause connotes a predication while performing as a reference. A textual study of it shows that relativization serves as a means of increasing the continuity of topic as well as one of realizing the foreground-background structure. A recategorization of the relative clause is offered at the end, based on its pragmatic function, namely, reference and predication, the nature of the head noun and the informative status of it.