Systemic Functional linguistics considers Modality as the speaker’s attitude betwe en “yes” and “no”. Based on this, we discuss the Chinese modality system. First, we review what has been done on Chinese modals by the previous researchers. Then, we introduce Halliday’s modality system in English to establish a Chinese modality system and analyze the syntactic and semantic features of the typical modal verbs to point out the negotiation of Chinese modality.
系统功能语言学认为,情态表现的是介于肯定和否定两极之间的说话者的态度,本文以此为 理论基础,着力探讨汉语的情态系统。首先,对前人关于汉语情态的研究进行了分类梳理,并指出 其研究特点及其存在的不足;其次,以Halliday对英语情态系统的分类为理论框架,结合汉语情态 表达的事实,深入分析汉语的情态系统及其典型情态词的句法语义特征,并揭示汉语情态的话语商 讨性。