中、西学者法学论文评价局部语法对比:对名词型式的探索

A Contrastive Study of Local Grammar of Evaluation in Academic Texts of Law Across Chinese and Western Scholars:Exploration of the Noun Patterns

局部语法视角下的对比研究为探索各类文本的形式-意义特征提供了一种新的路径。之前的研究描述了不同语类和语言使用者群体的评价语言中特征性的意义和功能。然而,这些研究主要以形容词型式作为研究对象,鲜有对名词型式做过专门探索。本文基于Beijing CARE学术文本可比语料库中的中国和西方学者法律子库,对比分析中、西法律学者在使用三个名词评价型式there v-link Nof、there v-link Nin和n v-link of N时所呈现的高频局部语法型式。结果显示,两组学者评价型式和局部语法型式的使用差异明显:中国学者三个评价型式均显著低频于西方学者;两组学者各有其特征性的局部语法型式,呈现出各自评价语言中特征性的意义和功能。研究为学术话语分析提供了一种新的探索视角,并对学术英语写作教学也有启发意义。

Contrastive studies from a local grammar perspective have provided a new approach to investigating form-meaning features in various texts.Previous studies have revealed the characteristic functions and meanings in the evaluative language of different genres and language users.However,most studies focus on the adjective patterns.No study has yet accounted for the roles of noun patterns in encoding evaluative meanings from a local grammar perspective.This paper,based on the sub-corpora of Law from the Beijing CARE comparable academic corpus,conducts a contrastive investigation into Chinese and Western scholars' high-frequency local grammar patterns associated with three noun evaluative patterns:there v-link N of,there v-link N in,and n v-link of N.The results indicate that the two groups show significant differences in their uses of the evaluative patterns and local grammar patterns:compared with Western scholars,Chinese scholars significantly infrequently use the three evaluative patterns;the two groups both have characteristic local grammar patterns,showing characteristic meanings/functions.This study provides a new exploratory perspective for academic discourse analysis and offers pedagogical implications for academic English writing.