现代汉语情态研究摭谈

On the Studies about Modality in Modern Chinese

语言的情态系统研究一直倍受语法研究者的青睐和关注。从情态语义的角度来看,情态是言者对事件或命题的"可能性"或"必然性"相关的主观态度或观点的语法体现,主要有认识情态、道义情态和动力情态三种类型。现代汉语情态表达的手段灵活多样,以词汇手段为主。

Modality has always been a focus for grammar researchers. From a modal semantic perspective,modality is a grammatical representation of a speaker ＇ s subjective attitude or views related to the＂possibility＂or＂necessity＂of an event or a proposition,and can be classified into epistemic,deontic and dynamic modality. In modern Chinese,modality is represented in various forms,yet lexicon is always a major means.