汉语专著自序与他序人格诉诸对比研究

A comparative study of ethos in the prefaces and forewords of Chinese monographs

"序言"作为书的重要组成部分,具有推荐读者阅读之修辞功用。本文收集2008~2018年的人文社会科学类汉语专著"自序""他序"各30篇,根据坎贝尔所提"英雄形式""认同形式"及"代理形式"在"自序"和"他序"中的人格诉诸情况进行对比分析。研究发现,3种人格诉诸形式在"他序"中使用总频次均大于其在"自序"中的频次;"英雄形式"中,"博士生论文""导师"两个参数在"他序"中的使用频次明显高于其在"自序"中的频次;在"代理形式"中,"教授""博士"两个参数相比其他参数在"自序""他序"中的使用频次均较高。社会文化特征、文本凸显对象及撰写要求客观性是造成差异及相似之处的主要原因。

A preface or a foreword as an important part of a book has the rhetorical function of persuading readers to read.This study employs 30 prefaces and 30 forewords of Chinese monographs in Humanities and Social Sciences during 2008~2018 as data to analyze Campbell’s three patterns(hero pattern,identification pattern and agent pattern)used in building"ethos"in these two types of discourse.The findings indicate that the parameters in three patterns are more frequently used in forewords than in prefaces.In addition,in hero pattern,the two parameters"Doctoral thesis"and"Supervisor"are applied significantly more often in forewords than in prefaces.Lastly,in agent pattern,the two parameters"Professor"and"Doctor"are used more frequently than other parameters in these two kinds of discourse.The main reasons for these may lie in the sociocultural features,the different highlights in these two types of discourse and the requirements of writing them in a more objective way.