基于语料库的《儿子与情人》预设触发语研究

Corpus-based Research on Presupposition Triggers in Sons and Lovers

文章以劳伦斯代表作《儿子与情人》人物对白为研究对象,对其中的预设触发语进行标记,建立语料库进行分类分析。经过研究发现,该作品中的预设触发语中,词类触发语使用比句式触发语多。词类触发语中以动词触发语(尤其是状态变化动词)使用最多,句式触发语则以疑问句为最多。这些触发语在丰富了小说语言多样性的同时,塑造了更加生动的人物形象,也引发更丰富的预设意义。

This research attempts to study presupposition triggers in the dialogues of Lawrence＇s Sons and Lovers on the basis of the self-compiled corpus. After analyzing the usage and percentage of the triggers,it is found that lexical triggers take more percentage than the syntactic ones. And the verb triggers（ especially the change-of-state verbs） are applied more frequently than any other kinds.Among the syntactic presupposition triggers,interrogative sentences are employed most. The application of all these triggers enrich the diversity of the language used in the novel,and help create vivid characters. What＇s more,they trigger more presupposed meanings of the works.