Characteristic Expressions in Medieval English Metrical Romances

在中古英语格律小说中，可以观察到各种各样的句法特征，其中一些通常归因于格律和押韵的迫切需要。本研究探讨了一些句法特征如何在其使用的语境中产生适当的文体效果。特别注意从句的移位成分，如“Gyltles men yiff they be”（Athelston, 423）。在这个例子中，“Gyltles men”被置于从属从句的边界之外。是给移位的元素以特别的强调，尽管有时它们可能会被使用…为了艺术效果。”Masui道夫在讨论换位的一章中说：“这个位置经常出现在一行开头的原因……可能是由于对韵律和韵律的要求以及修辞上的考虑三浦恒史对这一现象进行了详细的描述，西村秀夫则从信息结构的角度进行了论述。在这项研究中，我们观察到在他们采取的背景下的位移实例。我们的初步结论如下：在许多情况下，流离失所与随后的故事中的一些重要发展联系在一起。这一点甚至可以在像“In romance as we rede”这样的从句中观察到，它通常被认为是填充语。2. 移位的元素，通常放在一行的开头，在故事流中携带重要的信息，可以推动故事向前发展。3. 因此，可以想象，中世纪英语格律浪漫小说中句子元素的置换可能对吟游诗人非常有用，因为吟游诗人需要让听众对故事的发展保持兴趣。

In Middle English metrical romances a wide variety of syntactic features can be observed, and some of them are very often attributed to the exigencies of meter and rhyme. This study discusses how some syntactic features can create appropriate stylistic effects in the context in which they are used. Special attention is paid to the displaced components of a subordinate clause as in "Gyltles men yiff thay be" (Athelston, 423). In this example, "Gyltles men" is placed outside the boundary of a subordinate clause.G.H.Roscow says that "the general effect...is to give the displaced element special emphasis", though sometimes "they may be used...for artistic effect." Michio Masui, in a chapter dealing with transposition, says that "the reason for the position being often at the beginning of a line...may be ascribed both to the demands of meter and rime and to a rhetorical consideration." Tsuneshi Miura makes detailed descriptions of the phenomena and Hideo Nishimura deals with the matter from the viewpoint of information structure.In this study we have observed instances of displacement in the context from which they are taken. Our provisional conclusion is as follows : 1. In many cases displacement is used in connection with some important development in the story that follows it. This can be observed even with a clause like "In romance as we rede", which is often regarded as a filler. 2. Displaced elements, usually placed at the beginning of a line, carry important information in the stream of the story and can push the story ahead. 3. It is conceivable, therefore, that the displacement of sentence elements in Middle English metrical romance may have been quite useful for the minstrels who needed to keep their audience interested in the development of the story.