“不得不说”的话语标记功能及其形成

Discourse Marker Function of“不得不说(budebushuo)”and Its Formation

基于语料分析“不得不说”的话语标记功能,并结合语用推理以及情态、语义、结构、分布等方面的演变考察其话语标记功能的形成。话语标记“不得不说”的核心功能是基于客观事理,引出说话人对事物的评价或看法,其具体功能又可分为回应对方观点和直接评价对方的人际功能、转换话题开启下文和针对话题做出评价的语篇功能。“不得不说”的话语标记功能最晚在清末民国时期形成,经历了“动词性短语—副词性短语—话语标记”的演变路径,完成了从客观到主观、被动到主动的转变。

The discourse marker function of“不得不说(budebushou)”is analyzed based on corpus,and the formation of the function is discussed with pragmatic inference and the evolution of modality,semantics,structure and distribution.The core function of the discourse marker“不得不说(budebushuo)”is to express the speaker’s evaluation or view of things based on objective reasons.Its specific functions can be divided into the interpersonal function of responding to the other’s point of view and directly evaluating the other party as well as the discourse function of changing the topic to introduce the ensuing text and expressing evaluations on the topic.The discourse marker function of“不得不说(budebushuo)”was formed in the late Qing Dynasty.It experienced the evolution path of“verbal phrase-adverbial phrase-discourse marker”,and shifted from objective to subjective and passive to active.