论英语短文写作“提示”与“范文”情景语境的统一

On Unity Between Situation Contexts of “Instruction” and “Key” in English Essay Writing

本文运用韩礼德的语域变量理论和哈桑的语类结构潜势理论 ,对一次英语试题中短文写作的“提示”与答案“范文”语篇进行了剖析。分析表明 ,“提示”中的情景语境与“范文”语篇所依赖的情景语境在语场、语旨、语式以及语言的使用上存在着不和谐现象 ,而且这种现象在试题和答案的范文中带有一定程度上的普遍性。本文旨在强化语类意识和语境与语篇相统一的思想。论文指出 ,在拟定英语短文写作的“提示”、参考“范文”以及优秀作文的评价标准时对这两方面应当特别予以注意。

On the basis of Halliday’s register variable theory and Hasan’s generic structure potential theory, this paper analyzes the text of the “instruction” for writing and “key” to the composition in a test. The analysis shows that there exist some discrepancies in the context of situation or in the variables of field, tenor, mode and the use of language between the “instruction” text and the text of the “key”. This phenomenon is, to some extent, universal. The paper aims to strengthen the awareness of genre and the idea of unity between context and text, particularly in working out the “instruction”, the “key” and the assessment criteria for good compositions.