对比英汉新闻中状语成分的顺序偏好，揭示语言信息组织差异
Contrastive Analysis of Constituent Order Preferences Within Adverbial Roles in English and Chinese News: A Large-Language-Model-Driven Approach
- 基于大模型标注的双语新闻语料，分析状语成分的位置分布
- 英语多后置，汉语多前置；句法结构影响下汉语前置更明显
- 多重状语共现时，顺序由信息重点和语用需求动态调整
基于大语言模型标注的可比英汉新闻语料，本文从具有状语功能的语块视角，探究英汉新闻在成分顺序上的差异，分析其典型位置偏好与分布模式。研究发现：(1) 英语新闻倾向于先呈现核心信息，功能语块多后置；汉语新闻则偏好先给出背景信息，功能语块常前置；(2) 在SVO结构中，英汉新闻均存在功能语块分布差异，但汉语前置倾向更显著，英语后置倾向较温和；(3) 当多个功能语块共现时，英汉新闻均表现出较高灵活性，顺序调整受信息重要性和语用目的驱动。研究揭示了词序兼具系统性偏好与动态适应性，为英汉信息结构对比研究提供了新的实证支持。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Based on comparable English-Chinese news corpora annotated by Large Language Model (LLM), this paper attempts to explore the differences in constituent order of English-Chinese news from the perspective of functional chunks with adverbial roles, and analyze their typical positional preferences and distribution patterns. It is found that: (1) English news prefers linear narrative of core information first, and functional chunks are mostly post-positioned, while Chinese news prefers overall presentation mode of background first, and functional chunks are often pre-positioned; (2) In SVO structure, both English and Chinese news show differences in the distribution of functional chunks, but the tendency of Chinese pre-positioning is more significant, while that of English post-positioning is relatively mild; (3) When function blocks are co-occurring, both English and Chinese news show high flexibility, and the order adjustment is driven by information and pragmatic purposes. The study reveals that word order has both systematic preference and dynamic adaptability, providing new empirical support for contrastive study of English-Chinese information structure.
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