英语同语的构式分析

A Study on Tautology from Construction Grammar Perspective

同语是一种常见的语言现象,是一种特别的话语表达方式。从句法上看,其谓语动词一般使用"BE",表达式为NP1 beNP2,NP1与NP2完全同形。从语义上看,它不传达任何命题信息,是一种冗余的表达方式,但在语用上它却能传达各种含意,具有丰富的语用功能。运用构式语法对同语结构进行分析,我们认为同语是一个构式,它的意义不能从其组成成分中推知出来,它本身具有相对独立的语义和语用价值,整体意义大于部分意义之和。

Tautology,a common linguistic phenomenon,is a special expression.In syntax its predicate uses 'BE'and expression is NP1be NP2(NP1 is the same as NP2).In semantics,it doesn't express any proposition information,and is a kind of redundant expression.But it can convey different implications pragmatically.We analyze tautology in the angle of construction grammar.We think tautology is a construction,its meaning can't be inferred from its component parts,and it has relatively independent semantic and pragmatic values.In other words,the whole meaning is more than the sum of the parts' meaning.