汕头方言连词“了”的语篇功能及其语法化

The Discourse Functions and Grammaticalization of the Conjunction“le”in Shantou Dialect

汕头方言的连词“了”本义表示时间顺序,在语篇中共表现出四种不同的功能:表示时间顺序和因果关系的连接功能、表示“追加信息”的添加功能、表示“追问”的反馈语功能和用于话题和话轮处理的话语标记功能。这些语篇功能是连词“了”语法化的结果,语境顺应、主观性和交互主观性、隐喻机制对连词“了”语篇功能的扩展起着重要作用。

In Shantou dialect,the temporal conjunction“le”exhibits four different discourse functions:indicating time sequence and causal relationship,adding supplementary information,working as a backchannel to make a detailed inquiry,and serving as a discourse marker to cope with topics and conversational turns.These discourse functions are the result of the grammaticalization of the conjunction“le”.Contextual adaptation,subjectivity and interactive subjectivity as well as metaphorical mechanisms play an important role in the extension of discourse functions of the conjunction“le”.