司法意见书的语类嵌入结构探析  

Judicial Opinions as a Genre Simplex with an Embedding Structure

作　　者：卢楠 袁传有[2] LU Nan;YUAN Chuanyou(School of English for International Business,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou 510420,China;Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou 510420,China)

机构地区：[1]广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院,广东广州510420 [2]广东外语外贸大学外国语言学及应用语言学研究中心,广东广州510420

出　　处：《外国语》2022年第3期34-47,共14页Journal of Foreign Languages

摘　　要：语类嵌入是语类混合现象的一种特殊类型,已有的研究多聚焦于基础语类嵌入基础语类的讨论,难以解释长难语篇的发展机制。本文沿袭系统功能语言学的语类研究路径,通过对美国最高法院司法意见书语类结构的描写,指出司法意见书由语类混合实现,表层结构为裁决讨论文,且包含多层级的语类嵌入结构。此外,语类嵌入在司法意见书中表现出更大跨度的级转移,即语类复合体降级为一个阶段包含在一个基础语类中。本研究认为,更大跨度的语类嵌入结构是司法意见书这类长难语篇拓展意义潜势的主要机制之一,有利于语篇衔接和增加论述深度,掌握这种结构有利于读者解读此类语篇和应对此类语篇呈现出的语类混合的复杂性。Genre embedding occurs as one specific means of genre hybridity.Previous studies remain limited in the discussion of elemental genres embedded in other elemental genres, which can hardly explain how large texts grow bigger.This study approaches genre embedding following the path of Systemic Functional Linguistics(SFL).Based on a description of the generic structure of the United States Supreme Court opinions, the findings suggest that judicial opinions, on the top tier, function as a genre simplex and contain a multilayered genre embedding structure, and that a wider rank-shift genre embedding could occur in judicial opinions, namely a genre complex downranked as a stage wrapped in an elemental genre.This wider rank-shift genre embedding structure is considered to be a way of expanding the meaning potential of large texts as in judicial opinions, contributing to text cohesion and the depth of discussion.Grasping this structure helps readers appreciate large texts akin to the judicial opinions and cope with the complexity of genre hybridity embodied in these texts.

关 键 词：基础语类 语类嵌入 级转移 司法意见书 

分 类 号：H315[语言文字—英语]