Research On The Parenthesis For Comparison

There exists one type of parenthesis known as the parenthesis of comparison class,the language items before and after which form the relationship of comparison or contrast.The parenthesis of comparison class can be divided into "comparative" parentheses and"contrast" parentheses.To understand,to analyze the differences,and more importantly,to summarize the characteristics of them,the "Minor Triangle theory" from Mr.Xing Fuyi is applied in this dissertation.The first chapter introduces the topics of research cause,research object,research status,theoretical basis,significance,innovation as well as corpus source.The form of a linguistic item about the parenthesis of comparison class,which can occur independently and helps to connect various language units including complex sentences,sentence groups and texts,is discussed in chapter 2.Attaching to other language units,it can also be found in the front and middle of the sentences,and in brackets.Besides,the parenthesis of comparison class is born with connectivity,connecting all levels of language units independently.According to the statistics of corpus,the connectivity of "comparative" parentheses is stronger than that of "contrast"parentheses.Chapter 3 analyzes the comparative structure formed by the parenthesis of comparison class.Several elements constitute the comparative structure,including the parentheses of comparison C,comparative items(the former item A as well as the latter item B)and comparative result R.Formative semantic structure can be classified into 4 types:A+C+B(+R),A+B+C+R,C+A+B(+R)and C+B+R+A,while comparative item A is omitted occasionally.Generally,the former comparative item refers to the object of reference and comparison,whilst the latter one to which the semantics of the comparative results point acts as the subject.Furthermore,there exists relationship of coexistence or inclusion among comparative items.Therefore,the semantic characteristics of comparative items presented in the components of the comparative structure reflect differences between levels and contrasts.As for "comparative" parentheses,they reflect both the differences above but when in "contrast" parentheses,contrast differences trends to be seen.It is more suitable to use "comparative" parentheses dealing with more than one comparative item,along with their differences in various aspects.The parenthesis of comparison class can appear together with congeneric parentheses,logical relationship words as well as degree adverbs,which prove multiple relationships among different comparative items.Consequently,the parenthesis of comparison generally connects with language items expressing coordinate relations,and at the same time,connects with that of expressing adversative relations.However,no language item expressing causalities should be connected with it.Chapter 4 analyzes the pragmatic value of the parenthesis of comparison class.It performs functions of textual connections,subjective selection of utterance markers,theme continuation,focus markers and finally the euphemism where "comparative"parentheses become best indications.From the perspective of style,"contrast"parentheses are more frequently used in news and practical style,and also commonly used in oral language."Contrast" parenthesis,however,trends to be seen in literary style and magazine style.The final chapter of 5 summarizes the conclusion and shortcomings of the study.