“居然”、“竟然”补议

Re-study on Actually and Unexpectedly

讨论在条件句前件中“居然”、“竟然”的语法意义,发现以前将它们的语法意义概括为“对已然事实的出乎意料”并不全面。由于句法位置的变化,当处于假设连词辖域范围内时,这两个语气副词的主观化程度有减弱的趋势。

When we discuss the grammatical meanings of Actually and Unexpectedly, we found that it is not comprehensive to define their grammatical meanings as the unexpected out of the ever known things. The article points out that the two mood adverbs＇ subjective degree has the tendency to decrease, for the changes of grammatical positions and when in the control field of hypothetical conjunctions.