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A Functional Study of Boosting in English Research Articles

Abstract

英语学术论文中模糊限制语的使用已受到广泛关注,但与模糊限制语相对应的强势语却较少有人涉及,而强势语是学术论文作者表达对观点的确信、建立作者和读者关系的重要语言手段。本文试图以六个学科的120篇实证研究论文为语料研究强势语在学术论文中的发生频率、意义和功能以及强势语在不同学科的使用差异。这六个学科分别为应用语言学、市场营销、社会学、物理学、化学和生命科学,其中前三者为人文和社会科学类学术论文,后三者为自然科学类学术论文。 语料库统计结果表明学术论文作者常常使用强势语表达强调和确信,不同学科在强势语的频率和使用类型上具有明显差异,这些差异即表现在量上也表现在质上。从量上看,六个学科在总体强势语的...The role played by hedging in research articles has been widely discussed in the literature, but little attention has been paid to its counterpart — boosting, which is an important linguistic resource for writers to intensify their degree of certainty and commitment to propositions and build writer-reader relations. This dissertation attempts to study the frequencies, meanings and functions of boo...学位:文学博士院系专业:外文学院英语语言文学系_英语语言文学学号:1112005140280

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