英语指示代词This、That和蒙语指示代词(?)、(?)的语用功能对比研究

摘要

指示语是人类语言的普遍现象之一,是语用学的重要研究对象。很多研究者主要对英语和其他语言的指示词语进行过对比研究,然而对蒙语的指示词的研究少之又少。英语和蒙语中最常见、最复杂的指示词语是this／that和()／()(这／那)。本篇论文利用描述的写法,对英语和蒙语近指词“()／this”和远指词“()／that”作了初步的对比研究。
　　 本文在前人对指示词研究的基础上,运用指示理论和指示照应理论,详细探讨“()／this”和“()／that”指代词在情景语境中的手势和非手势指示、上下文语境中回指和预指等现象的规律或倾向性规律。此项研究采用语料取自在线当代美国英语语料库COCA和现代蒙语语料库MMLC。在分析对比的基础上最终考察蒙英指示词语用方面的异同。
　　 通过全面分析本文发现了两种语言指示用法的相同点和不同点。得出的结论如下:
　　 第一,两种语言指示代词this／that和()／()具有相反的分布特点。
　　 第二,两种语言的指示代词this／that和()／()在外指功能上基本相同,都具有手势和非手势用法。
　　 第三,两种语言指示代词this／that和()／()在内指功能上有很多的区别。

目录

文摘

英文文摘

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

List of Figures

Chapter One INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Present Study

1.2 Research Purpose

1.3 Research Methodology

1.4 Organization of the Thesis

Chapter Two LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Demonstrative Studies in Abroad

2.1.1 From the Perspective of Pragmatic Study

2.1.2 From the Perspective of Functional Study

2.2 Demonstrative Studies at Home

2.2.1 Demonstrative Studies in Chinese

2.2.2 Studies of Demonstratives in Mongolian

Chapter Three THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

3.1 The Theoretical Foundation of the Study

3.1.1 The Study of Deixis

3.1.2 Deixis and Reference

3.2 Methodological Framework

3.3 A Brief Introduction to the Corpora Studied for the Present Thesis

3.3.1 Modern Mongolian Language Corpus

3.3.2 The Corpus of Contemporary American English

3.4 Data Selection

Chapter Four DEMONSTRATIVES IN ENGLISH

4.1 The Exophoric Function of English Demonstratives

4.1.1 Gestural Use of English Demonstratives

4.1.2 Symbolic Use of English Demonstratives

4.2 The Endophora Function of English Demonstratives

4.2.1 Anaphoric Use of English Demonstratives

4.2.2 Cataphoric Use of English Demonstratives

4.3 Summary

Chapter Five DEMONSTRATIVES IN MONGOLIAN

5.1 The Exophoric Function of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.1.1 Gestural Use of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.1.2 Symbolic Use of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.2 Endophora Function of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.2.1 Anaphoric Use of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.2.2 Cataphoric Use of Mongolian Demonstratives

5.2.3 Definite Meaning of Mongolian Demonstrative()

5.3 Summary

Chapter Six COMPARISON OF DEMONSTRATIVES () IN MONGOLIAN AND THIS/THAT IN ENGLISH

6.1 Comparison of the Frequency of this/that and () in Two Languages

6.1.1 Frequency of English Demonstratives in COCA

6.1.2 Frequency of Mongolian Demonstratives in MMLC

6.2 Similarities

6.2.1 Comparison of Gestural and Symbolic Uses in English and Mongolian Demonstratives

6.2.2 The Comparison of Anaphora and Cataphora uses in English and Mongolian Demonstratives

6.3 Differences

6.3.1 The Different Functions of Demonstratives as Head and Modifier

6.3.2 Differences in Terms of Temporal Distance

6.3.3 Differences in Terms of Extended Reference of Demonstratives

6.3.4 Differences in Terms of the Participant

Chapter Seven CONCLUSION

7.1 Similarities

7.2 Differences

7.3 Implications

7.4 Limitations

References

Notes