英语主述位理论中的状语主位化

Horizons in Linguistics.Penguin.Thematzation of Adverbials in English Theme-Rheme Theory

“主位”(theme)和“述位”(rheme)是现代语言学中的两个重要概念.一个句子可以分为主位和述位两个部分,其中,主位又有无标记主位(unmarked theme)和有标记主位(marked theme)两种形式.本文主要讨论主述结构和句子结构的关系、无标记主位和有标记主位的区分以及机语主位化的作用.

Theme and rheme are two important concepts in modern linguistics.Usually a sentence can be divided into two parts:theme and rheme.The former has the difference of unmarked and marked one.This paper mainly discusses the functions of thematization of adverbials as well as the relationship between thematiuc structure and sentence,and the difference between unmarked and marked theme.