“可能”和“也许”的语义、句法、语用分析

Semantic,Syntactic and Pragmatic Analysis of “Keneng”and “Yexu”

情态动词"可能"和情态副词"也许"在语义、句法和语用三个方面均有或大或小的差异:语义上,"可能"的语义确信度较"也许"高;句法上,位于句首的"也许"有强调、提顿、解说作用,而"可能"没有这种作用,二者固定格式的用法也不同;此外,在语用选择和句类选择上,"可能""也许"也有差异,如"可能"在某些情况下能用于特指问句中,而"也许"不能。

There are some differences between the modal verbs ＂keneng＂ and modal adverbs ＂yexu＂ in se- mantic, syntactic and stylistic aspects. ＂keneng＂ shows more certainty than ＂yexu, ＂ in syntax, when ＂yexu＂ is put at the beginning of a sentence, it has the function of stress, a pause or explanation, but ＂keneng＂ does not have such a function. The usage of the fixed phrases of the two is also different, in addition, in pragmatic choice and sentence choice, they are also different. ＂keneng＂ can be used in definite questions, but ＂yexu＂ can not.