有關(guān)英語中表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的種種語法手段論文
【摘要】強(qiáng)調(diào)手段在英語交際中扮演了一個重要的角色。可以說人們在交際中離不開強(qiáng)調(diào)這一手段,它存在于言語交際的各個方面。強(qiáng)調(diào)手段呈現(xiàn)多樣化,既有語音手段、詞匯手段、語法手段,也可以采用其它手段實現(xiàn)強(qiáng)調(diào)的目的。強(qiáng)調(diào)手段的運(yùn)用極大豐富了語言的交際內(nèi)涵,同時也引起了學(xué)者們的廣泛關(guān)注。
【關(guān)鍵詞】強(qiáng)調(diào)手段 言語交際 語法手段
為了更有效地進(jìn)行思想交流,人們在使用英語的過程中把強(qiáng)調(diào)(emphasis)這一常用修辭手段用到了極致。無論在口語還是在書面語中,表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的例子俯拾即是,強(qiáng)調(diào)這一手段已成為人們生活的一部分。
在口語中,說話者為了更準(zhǔn)確、有效的表達(dá)自己的意圖,往往會把一個詞或詞組重讀、加重語氣、或者拖長以示強(qiáng)調(diào)。說話者在應(yīng)用這一語音手段表示強(qiáng)調(diào)時顯示出巨大的靈活性和柔韌性,幾乎可以做到隨心所欲。因此初學(xué)者學(xué)習(xí)起來感覺難度大,甚至有些不可捉摸。試看下面一例:Tom came to school on foot this aftemoon.該句子看似平淡,讀起來容易,理解也不難,只需依據(jù)它的語法重音將其中的名詞、動詞重讀即可。但在語言的實際應(yīng)用中說話者可根據(jù)交際的需要特意強(qiáng)調(diào)某個詞,便可以達(dá)到強(qiáng)調(diào)的目的,使該句子產(chǎn)生更為豐富的意義。
、賂om came to school on foot this afiemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)主語)
(下劃線部分表示重讀)
②Tom came to school on foot this aftemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語)
、跿om came to school on foot this afiemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)地點)
④Tom came to school on foot this aftemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)方式)
、軹om came to school on foot this aftemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)時間)
隨著重音的改變,被強(qiáng)調(diào)的對象也隨之變化,所產(chǎn)生的額外意義(extra meaning)各不相同。這種變化全憑說話者當(dāng)時的感覺和所要表達(dá)的意圖,聽者只好聽話聽音了。有趣的是,這種看似無規(guī)律的強(qiáng)調(diào)卻在書面語中得到了充分的體現(xiàn)和美妙的對應(yīng)。上面五個口語強(qiáng)調(diào)句子幾乎都可以用“It is--”強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)構(gòu)表示出來。
、買t was Tom who came to school on foot this attemoon. (強(qiáng)調(diào)主語)
、跧t was school that Tom came to on foot this aftemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)地點)
(DIt waS on foot that Tom came to schoolthis aftemoon.(強(qiáng)調(diào)方式)
⑤It was this aftemoon that Tom came to school on foot.(強(qiáng)調(diào)時間)
我們也不難看出口語中的強(qiáng)調(diào)方式更多、更微妙、弦外之音更多,也更難被初學(xué)者掌握。由于說話者的語調(diào)、語氣變化萬千,同時,由于聲勢語(body language)的巨大輔助表達(dá)功能,有時人們很難用書面語去準(zhǔn)確描繪說話者是怎樣使用這一強(qiáng)調(diào)手段的。因此,在書面語中人們會采用較為特殊的方式表示強(qiáng)調(diào),如通過使用黑體:The English ate different. The Eng-lish are even more different than they think they are, though not more different than they feelthey are.作者把這兩個動詞用黑體標(biāo)注出來表示這兩個動詞要特別重讀——強(qiáng)調(diào)。人們在使用英語的過程中用于表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的手段是多種多樣的,其中被人們談?wù)摰米疃嗟腵是語音手段、詞匯手段和語法手段。說話者用詞匯手段表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的例子非常多,似乎無規(guī)律可循,使用副詞表示強(qiáng)調(diào)最為普遍。詞匯強(qiáng)調(diào)手段也會導(dǎo)致句子結(jié)構(gòu)的變化。尤其是當(dāng)副詞never, 10nely, little,where,very, such, scarcely等前置時,句子結(jié)構(gòu)會發(fā)生改變。有時形容詞前置時,句子結(jié)構(gòu)也會改變。在本文中作者將重點討論用于表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的若干語法手段。
(1)用it引導(dǎo)強(qiáng)調(diào)句。
It was this aftemoon that Tom cameto school on foot.
It was Tom who (that) came to school on foot this aftemoon.
It was your sister that Tom met in the zoo yesterday.
It was in the zoo that Tom met your sister yesterday.
It was on foot that Tom came to school this attemoon.
用it引導(dǎo)強(qiáng)調(diào)句在英語中使用很廣泛,該結(jié)構(gòu)幾乎可以強(qiáng)調(diào)句子各個成分,不足的是它不能強(qiáng)調(diào)謂語動詞,其結(jié)構(gòu)特征和使用方法也被廣泛掌握,在這里就不贅述了。
(2)用what引導(dǎo)的強(qiáng)調(diào)句。該強(qiáng)調(diào)句的主要目的是要引起讀者的注意,指出所要強(qiáng)調(diào)的內(nèi)容,與口語中的呼語一樣,有異曲同工之妙。
What she lacks is intelligence.
What hurt me most was her indifference.
(3)添加助動詞do表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。句子中的謂語動詞的位置往往比較固定,要強(qiáng)調(diào)突出有一定難度。采用添加助動詞do表示強(qiáng)調(diào)不失為一種方便簡潔的強(qiáng)調(diào)手段。
Do come in,please!
Do be calm!
She did say so.
We are very pleased that she does intend to come.
(4)使用倒裝句inversion表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。該強(qiáng)調(diào)手段較為常見,我們通常把在正常語序下較晚出現(xiàn)的成分移至句首,使之處于突出的位置,從而受到特殊強(qiáng)調(diào)。在移動句子成分時,有時需要改變結(jié)構(gòu)順序,有時則不必改變。
Sympathy I don't want!
Beautiful she was!
Down on his head the boy came.
Gone are the days when they could do what they liked to the
Chinese people!
Only in this way can we leam English well.
(5)用雙重否定double negation表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。用雙重否定表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的優(yōu)點是句子顯得鏗鏘有力。
It must not be thought thatl was without love for this girl.
No one has nothing to offer to society.
There is no man but has his fault.
(6)通過重復(fù)repetition以示強(qiáng)調(diào)。把想要表達(dá)的意思重復(fù),加以強(qiáng)調(diào),較為直接的做法是將一個句子,某個單詞重復(fù),或是用某個單詞的近義詞進(jìn)行重復(fù)陳述。該強(qiáng)調(diào)方式往往能顯示作者的決心等。
From this nothing will tum us--nothing.
We will never parley. We will never negotiate.
(7)用修辭問句rhetorical sentence表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。修辭問句是作者或者演說者問而不答的一種疑問句,這種問句的答案是顯而易見的。這種修辭問句主要用于強(qiáng)調(diào),以表達(dá)說話者強(qiáng)烈的思想感情。
I ama Jew. Hath nota Jew eyes? Hath nota Jew hands, or-gans,dimensions,senses,affections,passions fed with the same food,hurt with the same weapons,subject to the same diseases,healed by the same means,warmed and cooled by the same win- ter and summer, as a Christian is?
If you prick us, do we not bleed? Ifyou tickle us, do we not laugh? Ifyou poison us,do we not die? And ifyou wrong us, shall we not revenge?
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behindtl
(8)使用祈使句imperative sentence表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。用祈使句表示強(qiáng)調(diào)往往某種人際關(guān)系,如上下級,朋友,或是表達(dá)強(qiáng)烈情感,如表示客套,憤怒。
Read the text loudly!
Don't be silly!
Never do that again!
Get out!
Do have another cake.
(9)使用縮略句elliptical sentence表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。
Sometimes it does rain-and( it does rain) hard.
He saw her lying there. Dead.
Good taste. Kent style.
(10)使用掉尾句periodic sentence表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。掉尾句有故弄玄虛,制造懸念之優(yōu)點。
As they were singings and dancing and playing cards, he was snoring.
The man who was wearing an overcoat and talking loudly and at the same time smoking a cigarette was my father.
(11)用感嘆句exclamatory sentence表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。該句式主要用于表達(dá)說話者的主觀情感,做到有感而發(fā)。
How well he speaks!
Whata lovely girl sheis!
Oh,whata lie!
(12)使用其它修辭手段達(dá)到強(qiáng)調(diào)目的。為了達(dá)到強(qiáng)調(diào)目的,說話者幾乎可以不擇手段。只要能突出主題,建立印象,表達(dá)情懷,甚至需要本人,說話者都會毫不猶豫地采用。筆者列舉數(shù)例僅供參考。
And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.(對比antith-esis)
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,support any friend,oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.(排比parallelism)
You are the whole world to me,and the moon and the stars and the constellations ofouter space.(夸張hyperbole)
出于對英語的愛好,筆者對英語中表示強(qiáng)調(diào)的種種語法手段進(jìn)行了很不成熟的歸納,算是自己多年來學(xué)習(xí)和教授英語的一點體會,提出與大家共勉。
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