Toward a functional typology of agenf defocusing
Toward a functional typology of agenf defocusing
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迈向agenf散焦的功能类型学
DOI：
10.1515/ling.1997.35.5.799
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发表时间：
1997
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0.1
通讯作者：
J. Myhill
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作者：
J. Myhill
本文提出了一个初步的分类系统，用于对具有句法和/或语用离焦的施事的结构(如被动句)所服务的各种功能进行分类。这些功能分为语篇功能和语义功能；语篇功能考虑施事的人性、人称、数量和特殊性，语义功能涉及情感、施事、先行、能力和责任。主要数据取自《圣经》希伯来语、英语、爪哇语和汉语，少量数据来自其他语言。研究表明，在不同语言之间，哪些动因散焦，哪些动因不散焦，存在着相当大的差异；因此，在我们更好地理解控制动因散焦的因素的跨语言差异之前，试图将一般的人类认知结构归因于动因离焦现象还为时过早
This paper proposes a preliminary system for categorizing the various functions served by constructions (e.g. passives) having agents that are defocused syntactically and/or pragmatically. These are divided into discourse functions and semantic functions; the discourse functions consider the humanness, person, number, and specificity of the agent, while the semantic functions involve affectedness, agentivity, anteriority, ability, and responsibility. The primary data are taken from Biblical Hebrew, English, Javanese, and Chinese, with a smaller amount of data from other languages. It is shown that there is considerable variation from one language to another concerning which agents are defocused and which are not; therefore, it would be premature to attempt to posit general human cognitive structures accounting for agent defocusing as a general phenomenon, until we have a better understanding of cross-linguistic variation in the factors controlling agent defocusing