Appositive relative clauses and their functions in discourse
Appositive relative clauses and their functions in discourse
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pragma.2006.02.007
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Loock, Rudy
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作者：
Loock, Rudy
以往对关系从句的研究大多涉及限制性/非限制性二分法，重点关注句法角度的差异。特别是，非限制性关系从句传统上被消极地定义，即仅提及它们不具有的功能。在本文中，为此类关系从句的肯定定义提供了证据，此处将其标记为“同位语关系从句”（ARC）。通过对 450 个话语的语境语料库的研究，提出了一种分类法。该分类法基于句法、语义，尤其是实用标准，遵循 Prince（1981，1992）对给定/新信息的定义以及 Sperber 和 Wilson 的相关理论（1986）。一项调查结果还表明，ARC 并不是系统性可抑制的，抑制性的差异可以通过 ARC 在话语中履行的不同功能来解释。 (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Previous studies on relative clauses have mostly dealt with the restrictive/non-restrictive dichotomy, focusing on the differences from a syntactic point of view. In particular, non-restrictive relative clauses have traditionally been defined negatively, i.e. with reference only to functions they do not have. In this article, evidence is provided for a positive definition of this type of relative clause, which will be labelled here I appositive relative clause' (ARC). A taxonomy is suggested, obtained through the study of a 450-utterance, contextualised corpus. The taxonomy is based on syntactic, semantic, and above all, pragmatic criteria, following Prince's (1981, 1992) definitions of given/new information and Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory (1986). Findings of a survey also show that ARCs are not systematically suppressible and that the differences in suppressibility can be accounted for by the different functions fulfilled by the ARC in discourse. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.