重复手段的评价功能历时研究 ——以美国总统就职演说辞为例

论文摘要

作为一种修辞手段,重复手段不仅对语篇的整体连贯起着不容忽视的作用,而且可以表达不同的评价功能。根据现有文献发现,有关重复修辞格的研究多数局限在修辞学领域内。鉴于此,本研究试图将修辞学、系统功能语言学、语料库语言学三者结合起来,对具有评价意义的重复手段进行历时研究。本文以系统功能语言学下的评价理论为理论框架,自建“美国总统就职演说辞语料库”。利用该语料库,以AntConc 3.2.2和UAM CorpusTool为标注和检索工具,统计重复手段在19世纪、20世纪两个不同时期美国总统就职演说辞中出现的频率,旨在考察具有评价意义的重复手段在两个世纪使用频率上的异同点,并分析各自的理据。本文的研究结果表明,从19世纪到20世纪,在美国总统就职演说辞中,具有评价意义的重复手段使用频率逐渐降低。其理据主要有三个方面:(1)现代英语的发展;(2)两个世纪美国听众所受教育的程度不同;(3)语言应用中的经济原则。本研究的结果还表明,人际标识语和具有评价意义的形容词,它们的重复手段使用频率逐渐增多,表态度功能的重复手段使用频率也逐渐增多。这些发现有助于实现美国总统就职演说辞的社会语用目的,即阐释施政纲领,表达特定的价值取向和立场观点,增强演说辞的人际功能。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 摘要
• List of Tables and Figures
• Introduction
• 0.1 General Remarks on Repetitive Expressions
• 0.2 Objectives of the Present Study
• 0.3 Significance of the Present Study
• 0.4 Research Methods
• 0.5 Organization of the Thesis
• Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework
• 1.1 Overview of the Studies on Evaluation
• 1.2 Reasons for Adopting the Appraisal Theory
• 1.3 An Overview of the Appraisal Theory
• Chapter 2 Corpus-based Description of Evaluative Repetitive Expressions
• 2.1 Patterns of Evaluative Repetitive Expressions at Different Levels
• 2.1.1 Lexical Patterns
• 2.1.2 Grammatical Patterns
• 2.1.3 Textual Patterns
• 2.2 Distribution Frequency of Major Evaluative Repetitive Expressions
• 2.3 Social-Pragmatic Functions of Repetitive Expressions
• 2.3.1 Expressing Opinions and Emotions
• 2.3.2 Expressing Attitudes
• 2.4 Rhetoric Functions of Repetitive Expressions
• 2.4.1 Production
• 2.4.2 Comprehension
• 2.4.3 Connection
• 2.4.4 Interaction
• th and 20^th Centuries'>Chapter 3 Comparison of the Evaluative Functions of Repetitive Expressions in the 19^th and 20^thCenturies
• 3.1 Different Evaluative Functions of Repetitive Expressions
• 3.1.1 Attitudinal Functions
• 3.1.2 Engagement Functions
• 3.1.3 Graduation Functions
• 3.2 One Similarity
• 3.2.1 The Overall Decline in the Use Frequency of Evaluative Expressions
• 3.2.2 Cause Analysis
• 3.2.2.1 Development of Modern English
• 3.2.2.2 Different Educational Backgrounds of the Addressees in Different Centuries
• 3.2.2.3 The Principle of Economy in Language Use
• 3.3 Three Dissimilarities
• 3.3.1 The Increase in the Use frequency of Repetitive Expressions on Person Marking and Its Cause
• 3.3.2 The Increase in the Use Frequency of Repetitive Expression on Evaluative Adjectives and Its Cause
• 3.3.3 The Increase in the Use Frequency of Repetitive Expressions on Attitudinal Resources and Its Cause
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅱ
• Appendix Ⅲ
• Appendix IV
• 详细摘要