The Functional Research Of The Existential Sentence With "YOU" In Text

The sentence with"YOU"which expresses the existence is widely used and covers very broad scope. In each stratification plane such as the semantics,the syntax,the pragmatics,the existential sentence with"YOU"has bright characteristics. At present, the researches of the existential sentence with"YOU"rest on the syntax and semantic aspects. The researches of this kind of sentence in the pragmatics plane are not very thorough, especially, the research of this sentence which is in text. That is putting this sentence in text to study.From a text angle, conducting the text functional analysis to the existential sentence with"YOU"is a new angle to study the existential sentence with"YOU". Carries on a text analysis to this sentence can not only enable its'some latent characteristics to be more obvious, but also can cause its'functions in text receive more attentions. The text analysis has the reality guiding sense in regarding correctly using this sentence. So this article researches the existential sentence with"YOU"from a text angle.First of all, we describe the positions of the existential sentence with"YOU"in text. In text, the positions of the existential sentence with"YOU"are flexible; their distributions are widespread. Some sentences make the first round sentences located at the beginning of text; some sentences take the following sentences to appear in end; some sentences appear in middle positions. This has fully manifested the existential sentence with"YOU"having a broad coverage. In view of the facts that present text analysis theories mainly analysis the text's continuity; the existential sentence with"YOU"has a broad coverage in text; plays the influential roles in text's continuity. Next chapter, we conclude and summarize the ways how the existential sentence with"YOU"joins with context. In the process of discussion, from the grammatical device, the logical connector, the lexical cohesion three aspects,we obtain the ways how the existential sentence with"YOU"joins with context:Grammatical device: the grammar methods are mainly reference, substitution, ellipsis. Reference divides into demonstrative reference and reference without pronoun.Logical connector: the logical connectors which the existential sentence with"YOU"has used in text mainly have four kinds. These are conjunction word, some adverb; time-word; continual quarter word; ultra word ingredient. Different logical connector expresses different semantic relations.Lexical cohesion: the lexical cohesions are identical words and expressions'repetition, near-synonym's collocation, Antonym's collocation, superordinate and hyponomy's collocation, associational relation words'collocation.This article also points out that these connection methods are not isolated in text. They supplement each other. They bring out the best in each other. They are interweaved in a text when they are used.Text is an application unit. Text is an indicating unit playing specifically function. In text, which play the function of indication are sentences. First of all, the existential sentence with"YOU"in text must play the function of basal indication. The existential sentence with"YOU"has three basal indicational functions. They are narration, description, explanation. At the same time, the existential sentence with"YOU"is used to controvert. In the same text, using many existential sentences with"YOU"can strengthen the effect of expression.The existential sentence with"YOU"has flexible positions in text. The connecting methods they used are many and varied. So,besides the basic indicational function,the existential sentence with"YOU"has many other functions, for example: the introducing function; the connecting function; the contrasting function.The introducing function is that as first round sentence, the existential sentence with"YOU"provides a bright space and time background for as follows, introduces an object in a noticeable way, causes as follows to carry on smoothly., and have a total revolving center. The connecting function is text consistency's inevitable request. The connecting function makes the text's meaning linked up. The indication has the integrity. The connecting function can complete the human relations process smoothly, realizes the human relations goal. The contrasting function, according to storyteller's intention, realizes the emphasis goal.This article unifies text and the existential sentence with"YOU"to research, inspects this sentence's positions in text and their connecting methods. The goal is promulgating this sentence's functions in the text and indicating this sentence's value for the language user. This article's conclusion can instruct the language user using these sentences correctly in their daily life.