英语IF条件句主观化模式的建构

Establishment of Subjectification Model of English If-Conditionals

主观性和主观化是句子结构形成和变化的一个重要契机。本文根据Traugott的主观化理论,以英语IF条件句结构为例,在认知、心理和复合句的语言结构的基础上,建构一个"四维连续统"的主观化分析模式。其"连续统"表明,主观化过程是一个渐变过程。其"四维"表明,主观化可以表现在逻辑、语义、句法和语用等四个方面。该模式的建立是对主观性和主观化理论的一种应用研究,并为英语复合句结构的变化提供了一个新的研究视角。

Subjectivity and subjectificafion is an important motivation to the formation and development of syntactic structures. This paper, following Traugott＇s subjectification theory, establishes a model for the analysis of subjectitication of if-conditional constructions called ＇ four-dimensional correlated continuum of subjectification＇ on the basis of cognitive, psychological and linguistic structures. The ＇ continuum＇ shows that the subjectification process is a gradient phenomenon, and the ＇four-dimensional＇ indicates that subjecthqcation can be operated in logical, semantic, syntactical and pragmatic aspects. The paper is an attempt of application study of the theory of subjectivity and subjectification and it provides a new perspective for the study of development of the English complex structures.