回複:Thanks, Bill.

來源: 2012-08-14 08:25:32 [博客] [舊帖] [給我悄悄話] 本文已被閱讀:

是的,Halliday的歸納是給人很大啟示,語調能傳授語法信息。例如下麵句子的歧義通過語調就分清了:

She dressed and fed the baby.
可以理解成“她穿好衣服喂孩子”;也可以理解成“她給孩子穿衣喂飯”

 

但下麵讀出來得句子就沒有歧義了:

She \dressed | and fed the \baby。
(“she dressed herself”)

She dressed and fed the \baby。
(“as well as feeding, she dressed the baby”)