基于语料库对19、20世纪美国小说中虚拟语气的对比研究

论文摘要

19—20世纪的美国文学逐渐走向成熟并达到鼎盛时期,研究这两个时期的美国小说语言中语法现象的变化具有重要意义。本文旨在从语言学角度对这两个时期小说中使用的虚拟语气进行研究,以便找出其使用规律及特征。本项研究借助语料库及现代语言统计手段,通过运用FOXPRO,SPSS等计算机软件,对19、20世纪美国小说语料库中的虚拟语气进行量化分析,并进行对比研究,从而得出以下结论:20世纪美国小说中虚拟语气在总体数量上低于19世纪美国小说中虚拟语气;be型虚拟结构数量上有所改变,而were型虚拟结构数量上则没有显著变化;20世纪美国小说语料库中名词性从句中虚拟语气的构成上有所变化;许多被传统语法视为规范的虚拟形式已被陈述语气所取代。本文可为小说中虚拟语气的研究和教学提供一些比较客观、科学的依据。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Background of the Research
• th Century American Novels'>1.1.1 A Brief Introduction to the 19^th Century American Novels
• th Century American Novels'>1.1.2 A Brief Introduction to the 20^th Century American Novels
• 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
• 1.3 Research Questions
• 1.4 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Overview of the Study of the Subjunctive
• 2.1 Mood
• 2.1.1 The Definition of Mood
• 2.1.2 The Mood System of English
• 2.2 A General Study of the Subjunctive from Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches
• 2.2.1 The English Subjunctive versus the French Subjunctive
• 2.2.2 The English Subjunctive versus the Latin Subjunctive
• 2.2.3 The English Subjunctive versus the Classical Greek Subjunctive
• 2.3 Review of the Miscellaneous Scholarly Opinions on Subjunctive
• 2.3.1 The Disappearance of the Subjunctive Mood
• 2.3.2 The School of Neutrality
• 2.3.3 The Vitality of the Subjunctive Mood
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework of the English Subjunctive
• 3.1 The Definition of the English Subjunctive
• 3.2 The Classification of the Subjunctive
• 3.2.1 The Present Subjunctive
• 3.2.2 The Past Subjunctive
• 3.3 The Syntactic Structures of the Subjunctive
• 3.3.1 The Subjunctive in Dependent Clauses
• 3.3.2 The Subjunctive in Conditional Clauses
• 3.3.3 The Subjunctive in Concessive Clauses
• 3.3.4 The Subjunctive in Clauses of Hypothetical Similarity
• 3.3.5 The Subjunctive in Clauses of Purpose
• 3.3.6 The Subjunctive in Clauses of Time
• Chapter 4 Methodology
• 4.1 Building of the Corpora of NANC and TANC
• 4.2 Tools and Software
• 4.3 Data Sampling and Processing in NANC and TANC
• 4.4 Manual Work
• Chapter 5 Analysis and Discussion of the Data
• 5.1 Frequency and Distribution of the Subjunctive in NANC
• 5.2 Frequency and Distribution of the Subjunctive in TANC
• 5.3 Comparison on the Subjunctive between NANC and TANC
• 5.3.1 Comparison on the be-subjunctive between NANC and TANC
• 5.3.2 Comparison of the Were-Subjunctive between NANC and TANC
• Chapter 6 Conclusions
• 6.1 Major Findings
• 6.2 Implications
• 6.3 Limitations
• References
• Appendixes
• Publication
• Acknowledgements
• Resume