复合句中时、体用法的几个问题

本文从主、从句间事件所发生的时间关系入手，探讨了复合句中时、体用法的三个问题：复合句中时、体使用的一般规则；影响复合句中时、体选用的其他因素；句法功能测检。研究表明：在许多情况下，主、从句间事件所发生的时间关系决定时、体的使用；除时间关系因素之外，事件类型、从属连词、因果关系等因素也会影响时、体的选用；句法测检是句法研究中获取客观依据的行之有效手段，它能帮助人们区分那些貌似相同，其实功能各异的从句。

On the Use of Tenses and Aspects in English Complex Sentence

This paper is primarily concerned with the use of tenses and aspects in English complex sentences within the time reference framework, with its focus on the general tense and aspect rules, other factors affecting the use of tenses and aspects as well as operational tests. The study well demonstrates that the temporal relation relation the two clauses in many cases determine the tense and aspect usage in both the matrix and subordinate clauses, that the interaction of various factors, namely, event types, conjunctions and causal relations, etc., can also affect the use of tenses and aspects. The operational test enables us to reach a more objective conclusion when it comes to distinguishing functionally different syntactic patterns which might otherwise be difficult to identify.