元语否定真值函数性质的跨语言研究  

The Truth-functional Nature of Metalinguistic Negation:A Cross-linguistic Study

作　　者：赵旻燕[1] 

机构地区：[1]宁波工程学院外国语学院,浙江宁波315211

出　　处：《外国语》2011年第2期32-38,共7页Journal of Foreign Languages

摘　　要：Horn认为否定算子有两种:一种是具有真值函数性质的描述性否定;另外一种是元语否定,在不同于句子命题的层面操作,不具真值函数性质。但是对汉语、韩语、阿拉伯语和希腊语中元语否定的考察证明Horn的观点有失偏颇。It is claimed by Horn that the negative operator ＇not＇ is ambiguous since its metalinguistic use, distinguished from descriptive truth-functional negation which operates over a proposition, has been characterized as non-truth-functional. We have investigated four languages which are claimed to have special markers of metatinguistic negation, and found them nothing but markers of ordinary pragmatic functions, such as focus markers, metarepresentation markers, contrastive markers, etc., which means Horn＇s point of pragmatic ambiguity can not stand close scrutiny.

关 键 词：元语否定 歧义 元语否定标记 跨语言研究 

分 类 号：H141[语言文字—汉语]