省略句式在科技英语中的信息功能

Information Development of Ellipsis in EST Writings

文章从句子层面分析省略现象在科技英语信息推进中的功能。研究以信息理论为基础,采用实证研究的方法,概括出省略句式的信息功能,即语篇简洁、语篇的衔接与连贯、凸显焦点和对比焦点的可能性以及这四种功能的分布特点,并讨论了这种特点出现的原因。

This article focuses on the way of information development of ellipsis in EST from sentence level. Based on information theory, data collection is carried out and further analysis showed that four information functions （conciseness/coherence/emphasis/contrast） do work in the elliptical sentences. The four functions are distributed with special features for different reasons.