A Contrastive Study of Cohesion in English and Chinese ——An Enlightenment on Translation

论文摘要

随着语言学的深入发展,篇章语言学越来越受到语言工作者的重视。因为只有从篇章着手,文本的意义才得以完整体现,从而更有效地理解和把握所研究的文本对象。自从上一世纪六十年代中期以来,语篇研究发展迅速。而在七十年代中期,英国语言学家韩礼德与哈桑合著了《英语的衔接》(1976)一书,为语篇的分析提供了一个实际的研究方法。在国内,篇章语言学同样受到重视。胡壮麟在1992年出版了《语篇的衔接与连贯》一书,不仅介绍了韩礼德的衔接理论,还指出汉语的语篇特点以及英汉两种语言的不同之处。这表明汉语不仅是意合的,也是形合的。此后还有其他学者对这一问题继续研究。在英汉语篇衔接手段对比方面,朱永生等做了细致的研究工作,著有《英汉语篇衔接手段对比研究》。本文从这一角度出发,对英汉五种衔接手段:照应,替代,省略,连接和词汇衔接以及主述位和信息结构,进行了比较与对比,归纳了英汉两种语言的不同之处并指出互译过程中应注意的问题和解决问题的一些建议。希望能给予翻译者、学习者和教学者一些启示。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT（English）
• ABSTRACT（Chinese）
• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 From Sentence to Text
• 1.2 Cohesion in English and Chinese
• 1.3 Devices of Cohesion
• CHAPTER 2 REFERENCE IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 2.1 Personal Reference
• 2.2 Demonstrative Reference
• 2.2.1 This, These, That and Those
• 2.2.2 The Definite Article: The
• 2.2.3 Demonstrative Adverbs: Here, There, Now and Then
• 2.3 Comparative Reference
• 2.3.1 General Comparison
• 2.3.2 Particular Comparison
• 2.4 The Contrast of Reference between English and Chinese
• 2.4.1 Personal Reference
• 2.4.2 Demonstrative Reference
• 2.4.3 Comparative Reference
• CHAPTER 3 SUBSTITUTION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 3.1 Nominal Substitution
• 3.1.1 Nominal Substitute One/Ones
• 3.1.2 Nominal Substitute Same
• 3.2 Verbal Substitution
• 3.3 Clausal Substitution
• 3.3.1 Substitution of Reported Clauses
• 3.3.2 Substitution of Conditional Clauses
• 3.3.3 Substitution of Modalized Clauses
• CHAPTER 4 ELLIPSIS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 4.1 Nominal Ellipsis
• 4.2 Verbal Ellipsis
• 4.2.1 Lexical Ellipsis
• 4.2.2 Operator Ellipsis
• 4.3 Clausal Ellipsis
• CHAPTER 5 CONJUNCTION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 5.1 Additive, Adversative, Causal and Temporal
• 5.2 Elaboration, Extension and Enhancement
• CHAPTER 6 LEXICAL COHESION IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 6.1 Reiteration
• 6.1.1 Repetition of the Same Word
• 6.1.2 Synonym or Near Synonym
• 6.1.3 Superordinate
• 6.1.4 General Word
• 6.2 Collocation
• CHAPTER 7 THEMATIC AND INFORMATION STRUCTURES IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 7.1 Thematic Structure: Theme and Rheme
• 7.2 Information Structure: Given and New
• 7.3 The Contrast of Thematic and Information Structures between English and Chinese
• CHAPTER 8 COHESION AND TRANSLATION BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE
• 8.1 Reference
• 8.1.1 Personal Reference
• 8.1.2 Demonstrative Reference
• 8.1.3 Comparative Reference
• 8.2 Substitution
• 8.3 Ellipsis
• 8.4 Conjunction
• 8.5 Lexical Cohesion
• 8.6 Thematic and Information Structures
• CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
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