摘要
情态动词shall是法律条文中出现频率最高的情态动词之一。本文主要对美国宪法文本中shall引导的实义动词句进行研究,主要利用Dowty的题元理论,并运用了WordSmith分析软件进行了数频统计。在分析shall引导的实义动词原形句中,我们发现在该句式中及物动词的出现频率明显多于非及物动词的频率;在对shall引导的实义动词句进行分析时,我们发现该类句式中的主动语态句明显多于被动语态句。对于美国宪法文本中出现的这些有趣的语言现象,我们试着从题元理论的角度予以解释。
Shall is one of the most frequently used model verbs in English laws and regulations. This paper makes a tentative research into shall ＋ notional verb type of sentences in the Constitution of the United States, mainly from the perspective of Dowty＇s event-based thematic Proto-roles with the help of WordSmith to verify the frequency of the words and phrases introduced by shall. In the research, we have found the interesting phenomena that NPI＋ shall （not） ＋ VP （＋ NP2） type of sentences use more transitive verbs than intransitive verbs and shall ＋ notional verb type of sentences tend to use more verbs of active voice than those of passive voice. On these interesting language phenomena in the Constitution of the United States, Dowty＇s thematic Proto-roles have been applied to explain.
出处
《广东外语外贸大学学报》
2008年第4期78-83,共6页
Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
关键词
法律语言学
系动词
实义动词
题元原型角色
forensic linguistics
copula be
notional verb
thematic Proto-roles
