摘要
英语的进化过程是逐步由综合性语言向分析性语言演变的过程,但现代英语中某些逆向演进的语言成分在使用中有不断扩大的趋势.本文通过对综合性手段N's+NP及分析性手段Ofstructure的比较,探讨英语所有格演化过程中的三种制约机制:分析性进化趋向、与谈话人接近的象似性原则、信息性原则,探索现代英语发展中的逆向驱动力.
The evolution of English Language is a gradual process of transformation from a synthetic language to an analytic language. However, some of the retrogressive components in modern English have presented a continuous expansion in use. Based on a comparative anal- ysis of the synthetic device “N'S + NP” and the analytic device “Of-structure”, this paper intends to probe into the three constraint mecha- nisms in the evolution of English possessive case : analyticization, iconicity principle and information principle, and trace the retroactive forces in the development of modern English.
出处
《山东外语教学》
2005年第5期45-48,共4页
Shandong Foreign Language Teaching