汉英论说文语篇的修辞模式对比

为进一步检验Kaplan(1966)有关汉语(东方语言)与英语修辞模式差异的论断,我们进行了一项汉语和英语论说文语篇修辞模式的对比研究.该研究选取了千字左右的汉英论说文各八篇,按文章的话题相似性分成八组,对其主位推进程序、语义衔接、语段发展方式等一一进行了对比分析.研究结果显示,汉语和英语论说文语篇在上述方面都存在着程度不同的差异,但两种语言中(尤其是汉语中)修辞模式的状况比Kaplan所认为的更复杂、多样.

A Contrastive Analysis of Argumentative Texts in Chinese and English

In order to further test Kaplan's (1966) views about the differences between the Chinese and the English rhetorical patterns, a contrastive study of argumentative texts in Chinese and English has been conducted. Eight Chinese and eight English argumentative texts were chosen and grouped according to the similarity of their topics. They were analyzed and compared in thematic progression, semantic cohesion, as well as paragraph development. The results of the study reveal some differences between Chinese and English in all those aspects and, at the same time, suggest that rhetorical patterns in the two languages (particularly in Chinese) seem to be more complicated and diversified than what Kaplan has thought.