功能句子理论下的语句重音

Examining Sentence Stress through FSP

主述位理论和交际动力是句子功能观中的基本概念。作者认为句子重音是对信息焦点的选择。本文以信息焦点为切入点,先以布拉格学派在功能句子观中有关主述位理论,分析主述位在话语中所负载的信息量及信息焦点,并研究信息焦点对句子重音分布造成的影响;文章再以布拉格学派Firbas提出的交际动力(CD)为基础,探讨CD值的大小和信息负载量的关系。交际是一个动态的过程,一个句子CD值最大的成分便是该句的信息焦点,在交际过程中可用重音标识;文章最后讨论了运用不同的重音模式来改变交际的信息焦点,从而达到预设的交际效果。

The theme and rheme theory and CD(communicative dynamism) are the two basic concepts in Functional Sentence Perspective(FSP) proposed by Prague School.It holds that the sentence stress is in nature the selection of information focus.This paper attempts to explore the distribution of the information focus in an utterance in terms of theme-rheme theory,which in turn exerts influence on the allocation of the sentence stress.Based on the communicative dynamism put forward by Firbas,it also presents an analysis of the relationship among communicative value,information focus and sentence stress.Communication is a dynamic process,in which the rheme carries the highest degree of CD and thus can be marked with sentence stress.To achieve desired communicative effects,the paper finally detects how to utilize different sentence stress patterns to alter the location of information focus.