试论英语破折号的修辞功能

On the Rhetorical Functions of the English Dash

英语破折号除了一般的句法作用外，还能使语言形象逼真、简洁含蓄、重点突出；使语意更加准确具体，它可用于多种修辞格之中，并常常被用来刻划作者的内心世界。

This paper is about the irnportance of the English dash and focuses on its rhetorical functions.The English dash is often used to make the language exact, concise and emphasized and it can also be employed in many figures of speech.