情态类型的系统功能语言学再阐释  

A Systemic Functional Linguistic Re-interpretation of Modality Types

作　　者：常晨光[1] 李美子[1] CHANG Chenguang;LI Meizi(School of Foreign Languages,Sun Yat-sen University,Guangzhou 517205,China)

机构地区：[1]中山大学外国语学院,广州510275

出　　处：《北京科技大学学报（社会科学版）》2023年第4期438-445,共8页Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing(Social Sciences Edition)

基　　金：国家社会科学基金项目“中国英语学习者学术英语语篇中的语法隐喻动力资源协同研究”(编号:21BYY043)。

摘　　要：系统功能语言学将情态定义为介乎肯定与否定两极之间的意义域,将情态归入人际元功能。但对情态系统的描写仍有以下问题:情态的类型划分简单模糊;情态的主客观描述不一;未考虑情态元功能多样性。理论与系统的模糊导致了以系统功能语言学为框架的情态描述缺乏跨语言方面的统一性。解答以上存疑,有助于全面了解情态的本质,也为情态的类型学描述提供更加完整的框架。本研究发现,情态可以根据两个参数区分三种类型;“主观性”这一术语应区分三种用法,韩礼德对情态主客观的描述是以说话人参与为前提,体现的是主观范畴内的不同程度的确定性;情态类型及其主客观特征不是绝对的区别,而是沿着人际元功能与概念元功能构成一个连续统。In SFL,modality refers to the semantic space between positive and negative poles,and it is regarded as an important interpersonal resource.However,there are still problems with the systemic functional description of the modality system.For example,the classification of the modality system manifests simplicity and vagueness;discussions of subjectivity and objectivity of modality appear contradictory;and the metafunctional diversity of the modality system is ignored.The ambiguity of the theory and system leads to inconsistent typological accounts of modality.In resolving these problems,we contribute to a better understanding of modality,thereby providing an integrated typological framework for its description.The study finds that modality can be categorized into three major types based on two parameters.There are three different meanings given to the term"subjectivity",and Halliday's account of subjective and objective modality assumes speaker's involvement and reflects varying levels of commitment on the part of the speaker.The differences between modality types and their distinction in terms of subjectivity and objectivity are gradual rather than categorical.They form a continuum along the cline of interpersonal and ideational metafunction.

关 键 词：情态类型 语言元功能 情态的主客观性 情态的功能属性 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]