學界對連字句的討論,主要是針對‘連…’為句子的主題或焦點、‘連…’是否引介極端事例,以及連字句表達的言外之意為何等方面。本文以chafe(1976)對‘信息、有定、對比性’(givenness、definiteness、contrastiveness)的分析為基礎,討論主題與焦點之差異,指出連詞組的角色,並以前人主張為基礎,提出本文對連詞組語義功能的看法,再從Grice(1967)的會話隱涵理論(conversational implicature)探討連字句的言外之意,最後整理連字句的單句與複句結構,呈現本文對連字句特點的觀察與教學上的建議。
The thesis deals with the ‘lian…dou/ye …’ construction in modern Chinese. In order to clarify the informational status of ‘lian…’, issues on topic and focus are shown in the first part of this thesis. Then, discussions on semantic functions and conversational implicatures of this construction constitute the sencond part. Lastly, the formal complexity and pedagogical instructions will be presented as well.