角色参照语法的分析框架及其解释能力探析

角色参照语法是20世纪70年代以来发展起来的一种结构功能语法。论文尝试评述其主要的语法分析框架,并以英语和汉语为例探究其对不同语言的解释能力。角色参照语法成功地将语篇、语用因素融入到句法结构的分析之中,因此,它不仅能够较好地解释英语等形合语言的结构特征,也适用于具有意合特征的汉语等语言的结构分析。角色参照语法比传统的形式语法具有更大的灵活性和适用性。     

评《马氏文通》

《马氏文通》的出版是中国语言史上的一个里程碑,它宣告了中国现代语言学的诞生。文章从成就和不足两个方面对《马氏文通》加以评价。     

两种理论视角下英汉中动结构的对比研究

英汉中动结构的特征是通常缺少具体的时间指称,施事在句法上通常为隐含形式,代之的是受事主语。英语中动结构的基本形式是NP＋V＋Adv,而汉语中动结构的基本形式是NP＋V＋qilai＋Adj,但是两者的核心语义都是表达状态意义而非动作意义。由于Goldberg构式语法过分强调构式义的独立性,而忽略句子组成部分对句义的贡献,对英汉中动结构语义特征的解释难以让人满意;从认知语法的识解理论出发,对英汉中动结构可以作出合理的解释。     

Cultural Issues in the Intellectual Assessment of Children from Diverse Cultural Backgrounds

Cultural factors impact on the intellectual assessment of children from diverse backgrounds. Given this fact, psychologists and educators should become culturally competent. In this article, a modified format for culturally competent intellectual assessment is discussed. The interaction between culture and language, and their impact on the development of specific cognitive competencies is explored. Practical suggestions for testing children of color are provided.     

Reactions to Motivational Accounts of Child Molesters

This study examined reactions to child molesters' accounts for their deviant behavior. Subjects (probation officers, therapists) rated various explanations for a man sexually touching his step-daughter. The results showed that almost all subjects changed their perceptions of an offender's culpability based on the accounts provided. The results suggest that authorities are most likely to be sympathetic to accounts that are perceived as credible and that minimize the offenders' responsibility for their offenses. Implications for the assessment and treatment of child molesters' "cognitive distortions" are discussed.     

Rapid Emotional Contagion and Expressive Congruence Under Strong Test Conditions

The present research examined whether the observation of emotional expressions rapidly induces congruent emotional experiences and facial responses in observers under strong test conditions. Specifically, participants rated their emotional reactions after (a) single, brief exposures of (b) a range of human emotional facial expressions that included (c) a neutral face comparison using a procedure designed to (d) minimize potential experimental demand. Even with these strong test conditions in place, participants reported discrete expression-congruent changes in emotional experience. Participants’ Corrugator supercilii facial muscle activity immediately following the presentation of an emotional expression appeared to reflect expressive congruence with the observed expression and a response indicative of the amount of cognitive load necessary to interpret the observed expression. The complexity of the C. supercilii response suggests caution in using facial muscle activity as a nonverbal measure of emotional contagion.

语篇分析与英语阅读课教学

本文提出以系统功能语法为依据,运用主位推进、衔接连贯和语境理论等语篇分析方法改进阅读课,从而使其不再是词、句、语法结构分析和翻译,而是提高学生的理解能力和阅读速度.     

简评章氏语法的长和短

对我国当代最具权威性的英语语法著作《新编英语语法教程》作了一分为二的评析 ,在充分肯定其成功之处的同时 ,指出了该书在理论观点上的纰漏、结构编排上的不足 ,以及其他一些疏误。     

动物反谚语中的隐喻认知解读

谚语是语言的重要组成部分,蕴涵着丰富的文化内涵。本文首先介绍了动物反谚语的构成规律,然后介绍了动物反谚语的隐喻功能,最后,通过对其中两条反谚语的隐喻认知分析,得出以下结论：读者对反谚语的解读取决于文本信息、读者自身的知识结构以及相关的社会阅历和日常生活知识等诸因素。旨在帮助英语学习者熟悉这种有趣的语言现象,进而了解这种现象所反映的社会现实。