同义反复的类指解读

The Generic Interpretation of Tautology

同义反复作为一种主、表位同形的特殊判断句式NP1 Be NP2~②,历来是语言学研究的热门话题。本文主要探讨同义反复的句法语义特征及类指属性,认为语境激活言听双方共享的类指知识,说话人为避免重复共享知识,采用同义反复句作简洁表述,并表达某种态度意义。同义反复在语境中可获得类指解读,NP1作为类名,NP2表类指属性,表达"什么怎么样"的意义。从现实事件到NP1与N P2分别发生"类-例"和"类-属"转喻,从而将现实事件中的个例投射到NP1上,现实事件突显的属性投射到NP2上。

Tautology, the structure of ＂NP1 Be NP2＂, is always a heated issue in linguistic researches. By probing into the syntactic and semantic characteristics of tautology, this paper reveals its generic property—contexts activate shared generic knowledge and speakers use tautology to communicate briefl y so as to express some attitudinal meaning. Tautology acquires generic interpretation in context where NP1 is generic NP and NP2 generic property. The metonymic models of TYPE FOR INSTANCE and TYPE FOR PROPERTY are involved in the generic interpretation of tautology.