“也”字并列句中的论证力度

On the Argumentative Force of Chinese ye-conjunction Sentences

前人指出,“也”字并列句的两个分句在意义上有“类同”的关系,且两个分句表达的两层意义同等重要。但是笔者发现两个分句之间虽然有类同关系,但它们之间的重要性却并不对等。“也”字并列句中两个分句在意义类同但地位不对等的关系可以用Ducrot和Anscombre提出的“论证理论”加以统一刻画。两个分句的论证方向相同,支持相同的论点;先行分句比“也”字分句的论证力度更强。许多情况下,论证力度的不对等在分句语义层面可以观察到,有些时候则需要在语境中方能察觉到。

It was argued in the literature that the two clauses in a ye -conjunction sentence express events of the same category and the meanings of the two sentences are equally important. However, the observation of such sentences shows that although the two clauses in conjunction express events of the same category, they are not equally important. Such inequality of importance in meaning between the two clauses in a ye -conjunction sentence can be characterized in the framework of the Argumentation Theory, proposed and developed by Ducrot and Anscombre. Specifically, the two clauses in a ye -conjunction sentence do not have the equal argumentative force although they have the same argumentative orientation;the first clause is stronger than the ye -clause in terms of argumentative force. In many such sentences, such inequality can be directly observed in the semantics of the two clauses, but in some cases it cannot be detected without referring to context.