非限定性小句中的时态研究

Tense in the Non-finite Clause

语言学界普遍认为,非限定性小句中的"动词词组"不表示时态等意义。然而,系统功能语法学派提出,非限定性"动词词组"建构时态意义。本文在系统功能语法理论框架下,集中探讨了非限定性小句中诸如having v-ed、v-ing、to v等现象的性质归属问题。文章提出,这些现象属于"时态"语法范畴,构成次要时态类型的一部分;其体现形式与其他次要时态不同,有着自身的特点。

It is agreed in most studies of tense in the linguistic field that the ＂verbal group＂in the non-finite clause does not concern tense.Nevertheless,in systemic functional grammar,it is proposed that the ＂verbal group＂in the non-finite clause construes the meaning of tense.This paper,within the framework of systemic functional grammar,carries out an investigation of the linguistic phenomena such as having v-ed,v-ing,and to v in the non-finite clause.It is pointed out that these phenomena belong with the grammatical category ＂tense,＂ that they form a sub-type of the secondary tense,and that their realizations are different from other secondary tenses,and have their own features.