“如果”独立条件句：基于心理空间-转喻推理模型

Stand-alone Conditionals by ruguo:Based on the Model of Mental Spaces and Metonymic Inferencing

"如果"独立条件句指省略主句的"如果"条件复句,本文建立"心理空间—转喻推理模型"研究主句省略的缘由以及独立条件句的理解。结果表明,"如果"作为空间建构语以现实空间为起点触发了假设空间,但主句内容已存在于现实空间,成为衬托从句内容的背景,因而可被省略;假设空间里从句或主句或二者共同激活言语行为脚本,从而实施"请求"、"给予"、"抱怨"等间接言语行为;Dancygier&Sweetser(2005)关于言语行为条件句的部分论述值得商榷。

The stand-alone conditionals introduced by ruguo, containing only the protasis, can be studied based on the model of mental spaces and metonymic inferencing in order to explain why to omit the apodosis and how to interpret such condition- als. The findings are that ruguo as a space builder evokes a hypothesis space, relative to the reality space in which the infer- enced apodosis exists and provides the background for the protasis, and thus the apodosis may be omitted. Moreover, in the hypothesis space the protasis or/and the apodosis can evoke the speech-act scenario to perform indirect speech acts such as re- quest, offers, complaints. Finally, the findings are partly opposed to Dancygier ＆ Sweetser （2005） ＇ s account of speech-act conditionals.