时间与情态的内在一体性:以英语将来时为例
Merging of Temporality and Modality:Evidence From English Future Tense
刘正光 1马琼英 1向怡1
作者信息
- 1. 湖南大学外国语学院 湖南长沙 410082
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摘要
英语里的过去时、现在时和将来时都表达情态意义.三个时态的时间性依次变弱,情态意义依次变强.由于将来时的时间性最弱,情态意义最强,由此学界存在英语里是否有将来时的论争.文章在点评否定英语里存在将来时的认识论、方法论以及论证缺陷的基础上,认为英语里存在将来时,进而阐释了将来时能够表达情态意义的三个内外动因为语义基础、内涵特征、将来时标记语法化程度,进而论述了将来时表达的四种主要意义所具有的时间与情态的内在一体性.
Abstract
The past,present,and future tenses in English all convey modal meanings.As the temporali-ty decreases progressively across these three tenses,modality increases correspondingly.The weakest temporality and strongest modality in the future tense have led to ongoing scholarly de-bate over the existence of a future tense in English.This article critiques the epistemological,methodological,and argumentative flaws in denying the existence of the future tense in English and argues that a future tense does indeed exist.It examines three internal and external factors for the future tense's ability to express modal meanings:semantic foundation,connotational charac-teristics,and future tense markers' grammaticalization level which means future tense markers have a modality roots in its grammaticalization process,and further elaborates on the merging of temporality and modality inherent in the four primary meanings expressed by the future tense.
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时间/情态/一体性/英语将来时Key words
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出版年
2024
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