黄国文在《语篇略论概要》(湖南教育出版社,1988年版)指出,主位担负着少量的信息负荷,这就使它成为语篇的重要构造手段。因此,每个语篇(及其段落)都可以被看成是一个主位的序列。句子在书面语中作为基本的意义单位,并不是孤立的,其完整的意义应以该句子所处的上下文为背景,在它与其他句子的联系中得到体现。通过主位略论,我们就可以明确这种联系。比如:(1) Animals perform many useful and entertaining jobs. (2) Dogs are particularly valuable in guiding the blind,protecting property, finding lost people, and hunting criminals. (3) Horses are used in guarding herds, carrying menin lands where there are no roads, and helping farmers work their land. (4) Pigeons have long been used to carrymessages. (5) Wild animals from the jungles, forests and seas are very popular performers in circuses and movingpictures. (6) People realize that, (7) although animals may not have the same intelligence as human beings, (8)they are smart enough to learn certain things.这是一篇题为《ANIMAL EDUCATION》的文章的开头一段,按照系统功能语法的观点,可以将其分为8个小句(clause),进行主位略论。 T1(主位1) AnimalsT2 DogsT3 HorsesT4 PigeonsT5 Wild animalsT6 PeopleT7 animalsT8 they主位1是，英语论文，英语论文 |
