在學術論文寫作中,有一種現(xiàn)象非常值得關注。為了使表達更顯客觀,很多的作者竭力避免使用第一人稱作為主語。使用文章本身作為主語是所有策略中比較普遍地一種。比如：“本文提出”、“本文探討了”以及“本文認為”等都屬于這種表達。在這種表達方式中,“本文”被用作句子的主語,謂語動詞是動作性動詞。一般來說,這些動作性動詞往往只用于描述人類的動作過程。可是,在以文章做主語的表達方式中,非生命主體似乎成為了動作的發(fā)出者。G. Low（1999）探討了這一問題。他發(fā)現(xiàn),在他指導的留學生中,有些人總習慣在論文的介紹部分使用this paper thinks這種表達。他本人對這種表達并不認同。他認為,文章作為一種非生命主體不具備思考能力,所以使用“認為”這樣的詞很不恰當。于是,他摘取學生論文中以this paper+動作性動詞的表達作為語料進行調(diào)查,檢測這些表達在以英語為母語的人群中的可接受程度。結(jié)果證明,以文章作為主語時,對動作性謂語動詞的選擇并非毫無限制。This paper argues/takes the view等均為可接受的表達方式。但是This paper thinks/believes/is ... 

【文章頁數(shù)】：66 頁

【學位級別】：碩士

【文章目錄】：
摘要
Abstract
Chapter One Introduction
    1.1 Research Background
    1.2 Motivation and Objectives
    1.3 Questions
    1.4 Organization of This Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
    2.1 Theory of Conceptual Metaphor
        2.1.1 The classical theory of metaphor vs.the theory of conceptual metaphor
        2.1.2 Structure of metaphor
        2.1.3 Invariance principle
        2.1.4 Classification of metaphor
            2.1.4.1 Type of source domain as criterion
            2.1.4.2 Degree of novelty as criterion
    2.2 Theories on Conceptual Metonymy
        2.2.1 Classical approach vs.cognitive approach
        2.2.2 Redefinition
        2.2.4 Conceptual Nature of Metonymy:ICM and metonymy
        2.2.5 Classification
    2.3 The Interaction between Metonymies and Metaphors
    2.4 The Mental Space Theory and the Conceptual Integration Theory
        2.4.1 The mental space theory
        2.4.2 The conceptual integration theory
Chapter Three Methodology
    3.1 Stage One:Corpus-based Study
        3.1.1 Corpus Construction
        3.1.2 Instruments
    3.2 Stage Two:Subject-based Study
        3.2.1 Subjects
        3.2.2 The pile sort
Chapter Four Results and Discussion
    4.1 Result of Corpus-based Study
        4.1.1 This paper+verb:is it pervasive or rare?
        4.1.2 The subject NPs
        4.1.3 The verbs
        4.1.4 Is本文認為acceptable in Chinese?
        4.1.5 Approaching the cause to Chinese and English difference
    4.2 Cognitive Motivation of 'This Paper Thinks'
        4.2.1 Conceptual approach on 'this paper thinks'
        4.2.2 'This paper thinks':an example of personification?
        4.2.3 'This paper thinks':is it metaphorical?
        4.2.4 Interpretation from the perspective of mental space theory
Chapter Five Conclusion
    5.1 Main Findings Summerized
    5.2 Limitations
Bibliography
Appendix
導師及作者簡介
科研成果
Acknowledgement



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