英汉情态动词语篇中的对比研究

A Contrastive Analysis of English and Chinese Modal Verb in Text

情态在世界各种语言中都有表现,并且由于各种语言的表现形式和表达方式的不同,各自情态系统的具体表现形式就有可能不一样。英汉情态动词分别是这两种语言的语篇中情态意义的主要表现手段,由于所含的情态意义和情态量值不同,不同类型的语篇对情态动词的使用情况也不尽相同。

This paper is a contrastive research on English and Chinese modal verbs within the system of modality. Based on the theory and approach of modality, this paper mainly surveys textual usage and metafunctions of English and Chinese modal verbs.