试论Nature论文的主流句及其特征

A study of the dominant sentences in Nature and their features

采用语料分析的方法,研究Nature论文的句子类型,结果发现:论文的主流句是简单句占51%,带一个从句的句子占36%;Nature论文语言存在三大语言特征:频繁出现动作性名词和动词派生的名词话语形态、非自然关系句和由V-ed或V-ing构成的话语形态。研究结果对科技英语语言研究和科技论文写作研究具有参考价值和使用价值,对向Nature投稿的科技论文作者有直接的指导作用,尤其是论文指出的五种V-ed、V-ing话语形态具有实用性。

Using sentences in Nature to classify sentences, it is discovered that the dominant sentences in number （DSIN） are the simple sentence in structure and next to it the one -clause sentence. The DSIN are featured by three phrases： verbal noun phrases and verbally derived noun phrases, the impersonal sentence, and V -ed, V- ing phrases. The findings, particularly V - ed, V - ing phrases are useful and valuable for Nature writers and researchers in scientific research paper writing.