论“Do-Clefts”  

On“Do-Clefts”

作　　者：郑晓行[1] 

机构地区：[1]安徽省淮南师范学院外国语学院

出　　处：《时代教育》2015年第19期192-194,285,共3页Time Education

摘　　要：传统的英语分裂句有两种：“It-clefts”和“Wh-clefts”,它们都是运用句法手段对语句中的某一成分进行强调的手段。二者的结合看似可以对英语语句中的任何成分进行焦点标记,但“Wh-clefts”对谓语动词焦点标记所表达的意义与使用助动词Do对谓语动词焦点标记所表达的意义有明显的不同,而Do强调结构与“It-clefts”和“Wh-clefts”有着明显的结构和功能相似性,同时,Do强调结构与传统认为的助动词通过获得语句调核来标记焦点的用法有着显著的形式差别,因此,与“It-clefts”和“Wh-clefts”一样,Do强调结构实质上也是一种英语分裂句,它通过分裂语句中限定动词的限定特征达到焦点标记述谓成分的目的。Traditional English Grammar distinguishes two cleft structures, i.e."It-clefts"and"Wh-clefts". They are used to give focus or emphasis on a certain element in a clause. It seems that any element in a clause can be highlighted by the use of these two cleft structures. But this is not necessarily the case. Although"Wh-clefts"can be used to highlight the finite verb(s) in a clause, it conveys a meaning strikingly different from what is conveyed by another structure in English---traditionally known as"Emphatic Do"--- which is used to highlight the finite verb(s) in a clause. Meanwhile,"Emphatic Do"structure, while highlighting the finite verb(s), is similar to"It-clefts"and"Wh-clefts"both in structure and function yet different from other Operators(or Auxiliaries) in that these Operators highlight the focus through the nucleus rather than cleave the finite verb(s) into two parts: do with the finite features and a non-finite verb. Therefore, like"It-clefts"and"Wh-clefts","Emphatic Do"structure is, in nature, another cleft structure in English, i.e."Do-clefts".

关 键 词：It-分裂句 Wh-分裂句 Do-分裂句 

分 类 号：G642.0[文化科学—高等教育学]