《语法隐喻的功能-认知文体学研究:以英语元语言语篇为例》PDF下载

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  • 作  者:刘承宇著
  • 出 版 社:厦门:厦门大学出版社
  • 出版年份:2008
  • ISBN:756152983X
  • 页数:284 页
图书介绍:本书通过整合功能文体学和认知文体学的有关理论,分析各种类型的语法隐喻在英语元语言语篇中的分布特征,旨在阐释语法隐喻的文体价值及其认知机制。作者通过深入分析韩礼德的“自然”语法观和语言元功能理论,结合Zipf的“最小努力原则”,围绕语言的概念功能与人际功能之间、言者经济性与听者经济性之间的内在张力,着重阐释概念隐喻和人际隐喻级转移的逆向性,旨在揭示这种张力对语义发生和文体演变的影响及其认知机制。

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Rationale of the study 3

1.3 Purpose of the study 6

1.4 Methodology and data collection 7

1.5 Organization of the book 9

Chapter 2 Literature review 12

2.1 Grammatical metaphor 12

2.2 Style and stylistic value 21

2.3 Functional stylistics 25

2.4 Cognitive stylistics 31

2.5 Metalanguage and English metalinguistic texts 45

2.6 Summary 64

Chapter 3 Theoretical framework 66

3.1 A functional stylistic perspective on grammatical metaphor 66

3.2 A cognitive stylistic perspective on grammatical metaphor 78

3.3 Summary 97

Chapter 4 Ideational metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 99

4.1 Nominalization in EMTs and its stylistic value 99

4.2 Transitivity metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 116

4.3 Summary 145

Chapter 5 Interpersonal metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 148

5.1 Mood metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 148

5.2 Modality metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 161

5.3 Passivization in EMTs and its stylistic value 170

5.4 Person shift in EMTs and its stylistic value 175

5.5 The ideational-interpersonal tension and its implications 184

5.6 Summary 222

Chapter 6 Textual metaphor in EMTs and its stylistic value 225

6.1 Textual metafunction and textual metaphor 225

6.2 Textual metaphors in EMTs 243

6.3 The stylistic value of textual metaphor 247

6.4 A cognitive interpretation of textual metaphor and its stylistic value 248

6.5 Summary 249

Chapter 7 Conclusion 252

7.1 Summary of the findings 252

7.2 Significance of this study 257

7.3 Limitations and prospects for further research 258

Notes 260

Bibliography 264

Appendix:The corpus of English metalinguistic texts 279

Index 281

List of Figures 20

Figure 2.1 The classification of grammatical metaphor 20

Figure 2.2 The varieties of language 23

Figure 2.3 The stratification of metalanguage 50

Figure 2.4 The typology of language in terms of reflexivity order 53

Figure 3.1 The two cycles of realization in the linguistic system 71

Figure 3.2 The Peircean concept of signs 79

Figure 3.3 The Peircean taxonomy of signs 81

Figure 3.4 Prototypicality and grammatical metaphor 93

Figure 3.5 The face/vase illusion 94

Figure 4.1 Rank-shifts in nominalization 105

Figure 4.2 The distribution of nominalization in the EMT corpus 106

Figure 4.3 The lexical density of the EMT corpus 111

Figure 4.4 The congruent representation of phenomena in lexicogrammar 118

Figure 4.5 Types of ideational metaphors 134

Figure 4.6 The distribution of transitivity metaphor in the EMT corpus 141

Figure 4.7 Transitivity metaphor,automatization,accessibility and style 144

Figure 5.1 The distribution of mood metaphors in the EMT corpus 151

Figure 5.2 The distribution of modality metaphors in the EMT corpus 163

Figure 5.3 The relationship between polarity and modality 164

Figure 5.4 The distribution of passivization in the EMT corpus 172

Figure 5.5 The distribution of person shifts in the EMT corpus 177

Figure 5.6 Upward rank-shifts in mood metaphors 188

Figure 5.7 The directionality of metaphoricalization in ideational metaphors 199

Figure 5.8 The systemic description of clause complex relations 217

Figure 5.9 The relationship between the three semogenic processes 220

Figure 6.1 The distribution of metaphorical themes in the EMT corpus 246

List of Tables 8

Table 1.1 The corpus of English metalinguistic texts 8

Table 3.1 The levels of language 69

Table 3.2 metafunctions,lexicogrammar and the context of situation 70

Table 3.3 Iconicity in grammatical metaphor 90

Table 4.1 Nominalization in the EMT corpus 103

Table 4.2 Lexical density of the EMT corpus 109

Table 4.3 Transitivity metaphors in the EMT corpus 116

Table 4.4 Types of relational process in EMTs 124

Table 5.1 Mood metaphors in the EMT corpus 150

Table 5.2 Primary speech functions(SF)and mood-system realizations 155

Table 5.3 Modality metaphors in the EMT corpus 161

Table 5.4 Finite verbal operators 163

Table 5.5 Passivization in the EMT corpus 171

Table 5.6 Person shifts in the EMT corpus 176

Table 5.7 Downgraded rank-shifts in ideational metaphors 185

Table 5.8 Upgraded rank-shifts in modality metaphors 187

Table 5.9 Opposite rank-shifts in ideational and interpersonal metaphors 189

Table 6.1 The mood system and unmarked themes 232

Table 6.2 Metaphorical thematic structures in the EMT corpus 244