A Study of Emphatic Structures in Discourse : Relevance Theoretic and Cognitive Approach

本研究的目的是研究英语和日语语篇中的强调结构，阐明其行为的功能和语用原则，并建立英语和日语语篇强调结构数据库。具体研究结果如下：1。在讨论了以往关于日语强调结构，特别是日语语间裂隙的文献的不足之后，我论证了关联理论框架下规定的前景信息和背景信息与语篇中语间裂隙的行为密切相关。这项研究的结果发表在Kato (1999)[International Journal of语用学，vol.9]。笔者在关联理论的框架下对气裂在语篇中的作用进行了广泛的研究，并提出气裂进一步分为三个子类：(a)前前景气裂，(b)后前景气裂，(c)前景气裂。这项研究的结果发表在Kato (2000)[UCL语言学工作论文，第12卷]和Kato(2001)[意义和形式的界面]。从日语和英语报纸杂志上收集的日语和英语的日语和英语的日语日语和英语的日语日语和英语的日语日语和英语的日语日语和英语的日语日语和英语的日语日语的数据库将通过互联网向公众开放。

The aim of this study is to investigate English and Japanese emphatic structures in discourse and elucidate functional and pragmatic principles governing the behavior of them, and to build a database of English and Japanese emphatic structures in discourse. Specific results of the researches are as follows :1. After discussing inadequacies of previous literature on Japanese emphatic structures, specifically Japanese ga-clefts, I have demonstrated that foreground information and back-ground information which are stipulated in the framework of Relevance Theory, are closely related to the behavior of ga-clefts in discourse. The outcome of this study is published in Kato (1999)[International Journal of Pragmatics, vol.9].2. I have extensively examined functions of ga-clefts in discourse in the framework of relevance Theory and proposed that ga-clefts are further classified into three subcategories : (a) anterior-foreground ga-clefts, (b) posterior-foreground ga-clefts, and (c) foreground ga-clefts. The results of this research are published in Kato (2000)[UCL Working Papers in Lin-guistics, vol.12], and Kato (2001)[Interface of Meaning and Form].3. Accumulated data of ga-clefts and English clefts from Japanese and English newspapers and magazines are stored as a database of clefts constructions Japanese and English in a personal computer, which will be open to public through internet.