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“本文+动作动词”汉英对比研究

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  在学术论文写作中,有一种现象非常值得关注。为了使表达更显客观,很多的作者竭力避免使用第一人称作为主语。使用文章本身作为主语是所有策略中比较普遍地一种。比如:“本文提出”、“本文探讨了”以及“本文认为”等都属于这种表达。在这种表达方式中,“本文”被用作句子的主语,谓语动词是动作性动词。一般来说,这些动作性动词往往只用于描述人类的动作过程。可是,在以文章做主语的表达方式中,非生命主体似乎成为了动作的发出者。G. Low(1999)探讨了这一问题。他发现,在他指导的留学生中,有些人总习惯在论文的介绍部分使用this paper thinks这种表达。他本人对这种表达并不认同。他认为,文章作为一种非生命主体不具备思考能力,所以使用“认为”这样的词很不恰当。于是,他摘取学生论文中以this paper+动作性动词的表达作为语料进行调查,检测这些表达在以英语为母语的人群中的可接受程度。结果证明,以文章作为主语时,对动作性谓语动词的选择并非毫无限制。This paper argues/takes the view等均为可接受的表达方式。但是This paper thinks/believes/is ... 

【文章页数】:66 页

【学位级别】:硕士

【文章目录】:
摘要
Abstract
Chapter One Introduction
    1.1 Research Background
    1.2 Motivation and Objectives
    1.3 Questions
    1.4 Organization of This Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
    2.1 Theory of Conceptual Metaphor
        2.1.1 The classical theory of metaphor vs.the theory of conceptual metaphor
        2.1.2 Structure of metaphor
        2.1.3 Invariance principle
        2.1.4 Classification of metaphor
            2.1.4.1 Type of source domain as criterion
            2.1.4.2 Degree of novelty as criterion
    2.2 Theories on Conceptual Metonymy
        2.2.1 Classical approach vs.cognitive approach
        2.2.2 Redefinition
        2.2.4 Conceptual Nature of Metonymy:ICM and metonymy
        2.2.5 Classification
    2.3 The Interaction between Metonymies and Metaphors
    2.4 The Mental Space Theory and the Conceptual Integration Theory
        2.4.1 The mental space theory
        2.4.2 The conceptual integration theory
Chapter Three Methodology
    3.1 Stage One:Corpus-based Study
        3.1.1 Corpus Construction
        3.1.2 Instruments
    3.2 Stage Two:Subject-based Study
        3.2.1 Subjects
        3.2.2 The pile sort
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
    4.1 Result of Corpus-based Study
        4.1.1 This paper+verb:is it pervasive or rare?
        4.1.2 The subject NPs
        4.1.3 The verbs
        4.1.4 Is本文认为acceptable in Chinese?
        4.1.5 Approaching the cause to Chinese and English difference
    4.2 Cognitive Motivation of 'This Paper Thinks'
        4.2.1 Conceptual approach on 'this paper thinks'
        4.2.2 'This paper thinks':an example of personification?
        4.2.3 'This paper thinks':is it metaphorical?
        4.2.4 Interpretation from the perspective of mental space theory
Chapter Five Conclusion
    5.1 Main Findings Summerized
    5.2 Limitations
Bibliography
Appendix
导师及作者简介
科研成果
Acknowledgement



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