第三章-形合与意合.ppt

1、Contrast Between English and Chinese,Chinese Meaning-focused with emphasis on implicit coherence (隐性连贯) Paratactic 语义型语言 (以意统形),English Form-focused with emphasis on explicit cohesion （显性联接） Hypotactic 形态型语言 (以形驭意),Definition of Hypotaxis,Hypotaxis: The dependent or subordinate construction of relat

2、ionship of clauses with connectives, for example, I shall despair if you dont come (The American Heritage Dictionary) 形合：以连接词构筑的附属或从属结构小句之间的关系，如：要是你不来的话，我会失望的。美国传统语言大词典）,English: Hypotactic Ways English has clear-cut formal markers to indicate the relation between sentence components. They help make

3、 sentences compact and clearly defined. It is impossible to calculate the meaning though the relationships. Those markers include: 1 Formal changes and coherence between subject and predicate, as well as reference of pronouns. 2 Relatives and conjunctions 3 Prepositions,English: Hypotactic Ways,Back

4、,Cohesive Ties,Relatives,Conjunctions,Prepositions,Relative Adverbs,Relative Pronoun,Coordinate,Subordinate,Differences between Relatives and Conjunctions Relatives are used in connecting attributive, subject, object or predicative clauses, which are part of the main clause without which the main cl

5、ause would be incomplete. 关系词用来连接主语和定语，主语从句，宾语从句或表语从句。这些从句与主句关系紧密，是主句中的一个组成部分，缺少这些从句，主句就不完整。 Conjunctions are used to connect words, phrases, clauses or adverbial clauses, which are mutually independent. In particular, conjunction to adverbial clauses mark that adverbial clause is detachable form th

6、e main clause. 请谈谈你对连接词的认识？,英语重形合,汉语重意合.,跑得了和尚,跑不了庙. The monks may run away, but the temple cannot run away with him. 一个英国人,不会说中国话,有一次在中国旅行. An Englishman who could not speak Chinese was once traveling in China. 那太阳,整天躲在云层里,现在又光芒四射了. The sun, which had hidden all day, now came out in full splendor.,

7、英语重形合,汉语重意合.,他不去我去. Id like to go if he wouldnt. 他不去我也去. Id go there even if he wouldnt to with me. 他不去我才去. Id go there only if he wont. 人穷志短 When a man is poor his ambition is not far-reaching. (Poverty stifles ambition.) 人穷志不短. Though one is poor, he has high ambition. 人有脸,树有皮. The face is as impo

8、rtant to a man as the bark to a tree.,病来如山倒， 病去如抽丝。,Sickness comes like an avalanche, but goes like reeling silk.,The position will not be given up so long as we are still living.,人在阵地在。,人无远虑， 必有近忧。,他人老 心不老。,Although he has aged physically, he remains young at heart.,If one has no long-term consider

9、ations, he will find trouble at his doorstep.,我来他已去。,He had left when I arrived.,(Condition 条件),(Contrast, Opposition 对照、转折),(Time Order 时间先后),(Concession 让步),Please translate the following:,你再说一个字，我马上走。 If you should say one more word, I would go at once. 你死了，我去当和尚。 If you should die, I would go an

10、d be a monk.,Chinese Paratactic: 汉语意合的手段与规律 汉语造句少用或不用形式连接手段，注重隐性连贯，注意功能和意义，注重以意统形，介词和连词常常可以省略，甚至不用，尤其是口语，用了反而显得多余，高名凯指出：“汉人说话平常不喜欢用太多的没有基本意义的虚词，只是把事情或意思排列起来，让人去了解两个事情两意思之间所发生的关系如何。 意合规律： 1、语序 （order） 2. 反复（repetition） 排比 ( parallel) 对偶(couple) 对照(antithesis) 等 3. 紧缩句 (compacted sentence) 4. 四字格 ( fo

11、ur letter fixed phrase),Chinese Organization Law 汉语的意合规律,Organization Law,逻辑律 Logic Law,心理律 Psycho. Law,音韵律 Phonetic Law,时间先后 Time Sequence,因果关系 Cause-effect,时空大小 Time intonation language（语调语言） 以形摄神， (Hypotaxis形合)，语言形式重逻辑、分析、写实，重视讲究表达的逻辑性，一致性(consistency),形合与意合,形合与意合是英汉在语言学上最重要的一个区别 英语：形合Hypotaxis ，

12、长句多，强调结构的完整性和形态的严谨性，结构严密紧凑，主次分明，依靠代词、介词、连词建立骨架并将句子串起。 汉语：意合Parataxis （形散），强调内容和表意的完整性，常靠语意的逻辑将句子串起，连词介词都少于英语。 英译汉时，往往要先分析句子的结构，形式，才能确定句子的功能、意义； 汉译英时，往往要先分析句子的功能、意义，才能确定句子的结构、形式。（基本方法）,例1：Accomplishment is often deceptive because we dont see the pain and perseverance that produced it. So we may credi

13、t the achiever with brains, brawn or lucky break and let ourselves off the hook because we fall short in all three. 【译文】成就常常使人产生错觉，使人只看到功成名就，却看不到成就的来之不易，和为之所付出的艰辛困苦，总以为成功者之所以成功是因为人家身体棒、脑子灵、运气好，从而为自己找借口开脱，说自己没有获得成功是因为自己不具备上述这三条。,例2：And yet it almost provokes a smile at the vanity of human ambition, t

14、o see how they are crowded together and jostled in the dust; what parsimony is observed in doling out a scanty nook, a gloomy corner, a little portion of earth, to those, whom, when alive, kingdoms could not satisfy; and how many shapes, and forms, and artifices are devised to catch the casual notic

15、e of the passenger and save from forgetfulness, for a few short years, a name which once aspired to occupy ages of the worlds thought and admiration.,【译文】现在这些伟人只是横七竖八地挤在一起，埋在黄土中；他们在世之时，堂堂英国却不足以供他们驰骋，如今却遵照经济的原则，他们只分得那么小的一块土地，那么黑暗而又贫瘠的一个角落；他们曾企图让声名占有世代人的思想，获得人人的敬羡。如今他们的坟墓却千方百计地雕出种种装饰，只是为了吸引游客偶然的一顾，免得在短短的几年中就把他们的名字匆匆忘怀。看了这些，想到人生的虚空，我又几乎忍不住要惨然一笑了。,小节结束,本节小结 汉语的意合法: 汉语造句少用甚至不用形式连接手段，注重隐性连贯(covert coherence)，注重逻辑事理顺序，注重功能、意义，注重以神统形。 英语的形合法 英语造句常用各种形式手段连接词、语、分句或从句，注重显性接应（overt cohesion），注重句子形式，注重结构完整，注重以形显义。英语句中的连接手段和形式（cohesive ties）不仅数量大，种类多，而且用得十分频繁,Possible Answer Treat a king