叙事型语篇的信息结构及其认知分析

The Analysis of Information Structure and Its Cognition of Narrative Discourse

语篇是一个重要的语言学概念,它既可以指书面语篇,也可以指口语语篇;既可以是篇章,也可以是词句。在众多的语篇类型中,叙事型语篇是一个重要的类型,其多为文学作品。叙事型语篇的主要语用功能在于通过对事情的叙述,使听话人理解事情的前因后果。叙事型语篇的信息结构具有其自身的特点。因此,研究叙事型语篇的信息结构,并在图形-背景理论的视角下,对叙事型语篇的信息结构的认知特点进行分析就具有较高的研究价值。

Discourse is a linguistic concept which has a broad extension. It not only refers to the written form but also the spoken form; not only the paragraphs but also words and sentences. Among the different types of discourses,the narrative discourse is an important type. The main programmatic function of narrative discourse is to make the discourse receivers understand its causalities through narrate it and most of this type of discourses is literature works. Therefore,the information structure of this type of discourse has its own characteristics. The author mainly studies the information structure on the basis of the relevant research achievements achieved before and analyze the cognitive characteristics of it from the perspective of Figure- Background theory.