现代汉语口语中自然焦点标记词“给”

Gei(给)as a natrual-focus marker in contemporary spoken Chinese

本文讨论现代汉语口语中的助词"给"。这类助词"给"即使省略也不影响句法与语义的完整性,其作用只体现在语用方面。文章以大量的语言事实为依据,结合焦点的功能特征,揭示了"给"在现代汉语口语中的语用功能:"给"是一种凸显自然焦点的定位标记词,也是现代汉语口语中凸显结果成分的专职焦点标记词。文章还对焦点的标记问题提出了自己的看法。

This paper deals with the particle gei in contemporary spoken Chinese.It is proposed that gei preceding the predicate is a focus marker in locating the natural focus particularly the resultant focus.