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1、对《玻璃之城》该书中语法的分析----英语文学论文-->ChapterOneIntroduction1.1LiteratureasDiscourseey(1993)givesabroadersensetocontext,thecontextofsociety.Accordingtohim,“pragmaticsisthestudyoftheconditionsofhumanlanguageusesasthesearedeterminedbythecontextofsociety.”Thereisnopr
2、agmaticstudycanbedonewithoutactualsituationofcontext.Thus,itisn-->ecessarytoconcernaticstudyofnegation.Givón(1989)holdsthat“pragmaticsisanapproachtodescription…atitscoreliesthenotionofcontext”,andarealunderstandingofnegationmusttakecontextualfactorsintoa
3、ccount,butnotjustregarditasasimplereverseofthetruthvaluejustasinthelogicaltradition.Therefore,plesinrealcontextsformeaningfulpragmaticstudiesofnegation(Jordan1998).1.3SignificanceofThisStudyThisstudymakesananalysesofnegationbasedonconversationalimplicatu
4、re,relevancetheoryandpresuppositionandexploresthediscoursefunctionsofnegationPaulAuster’smasterodelofnegationtheprevioussemanticorientedstudiesandillustratesthefunctionsofnegationptatthebinationoflinguisticsandliterature.1.4LayoutofThisthesisTheainthemes
5、ofthisnovel.Thethirdchapteroffersthetheoreticalframeplicature,relevancetheoryandpresupposition.ThefourthchapterexploresthefunctionsofnegationapplyingtothediscussionofrelevantextractsfromthenovelCityofGlass.Thelastchapterdraportantpointsofthethesisandpoin
6、tsoutthesignificanceandlimitationsofthisstudy.ChapterTebackgroundinformationaboutPaulAusterandhisedasauniversallinguisticphenomenon,andplaysaveryimportantroleineverydaysocialinteractionsandsentenceprocessinginlanguage.AsherandSimpson(1994)pointout:“negat
7、ionisalinguisticuniversal;forcognitiveandpragmaticreasonseverylanguagemusthavethepossibilityofassertingthatthestateofaffairsexpressedbyasentenceisnottrue.”AccordingtoQuirk(19-->85),“negationmakesapositivestatementnegative.”Bloom(1970)clarifiesthreeprimar
8、ymeaningsofnegationasthefollople,Thereisnospecialixthedoughslople,Idonotple,Birdsdonotbuildnestsinautumn.Hosoftruth-value;thatis,asanoperatorthat‘reversethetruth-valueofaproposition’”.Infact,negativesentencesinlanguages,is
