试论英语科技文体中的名物化

A Study on Nominalization in Science Discourse

名物化的使用是英语书面语和正式语体的主要特征,它在英语的各种功能变体中起着不同程度的作用。科技英语是现代英语中的一种功能变体,英语科技文体的性质和特点以及名物化的各种特殊功能决定了名物化在科技性书面语篇中大量地被使用。本文试从Halliday关于对语法隐喻中名物化的论述入手,探讨名物化在英语科技文体中大量出现的原因及其在科技语篇中的特殊功能,从而给我们科技英语学习带来一些启示。

Nominalization is one of the main features of written English. It plays different roles in different styles of English. Nominalization is preferred in the English for Science and Technology (EST) because of its various special functions. This paper intends to explore the reasons why nominalization is widely used in EST and the different functions of nominalization in EST.