向心理论的跨语言研究  

Centering Theory: A CrossLinguistic Study

作　　者：陈双双 

机构地区：[1]奥克兰大学

出　　处：《中国外语》2019年第4期55-64,共10页Foreign Languages in China

基　　金：国家留学基金委奖学金的资助

摘　　要：向心理论是一种探索语篇片段内注意焦点和指称形式的选择,以及语句连贯性三者之间关系的语篇理论。本文以Poseio et al.(2004)提到的4个未明确定义的向心参数为切入点,来讨论向心理论的跨语言应用研究。我们发现虽然不同语言对向心参数的设定有所不同,但这些参数细化后都能使向心理论更有效地解析这些语言中的(零形)代词回指等语篇现象。这说明当我们使用向心理论来研究语篇中相关问题时,应该依据不同语言的特点来设定具体参数。Centering Theory(Henceforth, CT) is proposed to model the local component of attentional state and examine interactions between local coherence and choice of referring expressions within discourse segment;it is part of an overall theory of discourse structure and meaning, particularly focusing on discourse coherence and discourse salience. Based on Poesio et al.’s(2004) parametric approach to CT, we reviewed and discussed some applications of CT in various languages other than Chinese, concerning with establishing the best specification for parameters of CT such as utterance, realization, Cf-ranking, rule 2 etc. We found that the centering model can be used to account for zero anaphora/pronoun resolution in these languages when the parameters are instantiated in different ways.Therefore,it indicates that when we adopt CT as a theoretical framework, we should reset the centering parameters based on the different characteristics of different languages.

关 键 词：向心理论 向心参数 跨语言研究 

分 类 号：H0-06[语言文字—语言学]