主位结构的认知语言学阐释

论文摘要

本文从认知的角度阐释了系统功能语言学中的主位结构。文章首先回顾了以往中外学者对主位结构所做的研究,指出,以往的研究研究未能充分重视人类认知对主位结构形成的制约作用。接着,文章运用认知语言学中的象似性原则,视角理论以及突显观探讨主位结构的形成。文章揭示出:(1)主位结构体现人类的认知状态与语言表达之间的象似性;(2)说话者所采用的视角或其头脑中的突显内容影响着主位的选择与话语的表达。对主位选择的分析有助于认清说话人所采用的视角或其头脑中的突显内容,从而使受话者对说话者的意图有更深的理解。在此基础上,本文研究了文学语篇《警察与赞美诗》的主位结构,进一步证实从认知角度阐释主位结构的可行性与合理性。同时,对主位结构的分析有助于读者挖掘作者的深层立意,即对现实社会的批判和对社会最底层人民的深刻同情。文章进一步指出,对主位结构进行分析可使读者对语篇的含义和作者的意图有更深的理解。因此,在做语篇分析时,应注重主位结构的分析并充分考虑到作者的认知因素。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Research Objective
• 1.2 Theoretical Background
• 1.3 The Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Researches Done by Foreign Scholars
• 2.1.1 The Prague School Linguists
• 2.1.2 M.A.K Halliday
• 2.1.3 G. Brown and G. Yule
• 2.1.4 G. Thompson
• 2.1.5 J.R. Martin and D. Rose
• 2.2 Related Thematic Study by Chinese Scholars
• 2.3 Summary
• Chapter Three Cognitive Interpretations of Thematic Structure
• 3.1 Thematic Structure: the Manifestation of Iconicity of Human Cognition
• 3.2 Cognitive Interpretations of Theme Selections
• 3.2.1 The Relationship between Thematic Choice and Perspective
• 3.2.1.1 Viewpoint
• 3.2.1.2 Deixis and Subjectivity
• 3.2.2 Theme Selections and the Prominence View in Cognitive Linguistics
• 3.2.3 Summary and Discussions
• Chapter Four A Cognitive Study of the Thematic Structure of a Literary Text
• 4.1 Thematic Structure and Literary Discourse Analysis
• 4.2. A Brief Introduction to O. Henry’s The Cop and the Anthem
• 4.2.1 Background Knowledge of O. Henry and His Works
• 4.2.2 Main Ideas about The Cop and the Anthem
• 4.3 Analysis of the Thematic Structure of the Text.
• 4.3.1 Analysis of Some Randomly Chosen Parts as Illustration
• 4.3.2 An Overall Account of the Themes of the Text
• 4.4 Summary
• Chapter Five Conclusion..
• 5.1 Major Conclusions Drawn in This Thesis
• 5.2 Suggestions for Further Research
• 5.2.1 The Delimitation of Theme
• 5.2.2 The Study of Rheme
• References