The “Foreground-background” in Argumentative Discourse and the Use of Chinese Complex Sentences
Liu Yun1 Li Jinxia2
1.School of Chinese Language and Literature， Central China Normal University， Wuhan 430079；2.School of Chinese Language and Literature， Beijing Normal University， Beijing 100875
Abstract：The foreground of argumentative discourse is argumentative structure and the background of such a discourse is non-argumentative structure. The quantity and type distribution of complex sentences is constrained by the discourse structure. On the part of “transitivity”，the common feature of complex sentences in the foreground of argumentative discourse is low-transitivity and neutrality of complex sentences in the background of such a discourse. There is a clear discourse motivation in the use of complex sentences.
刘 云 李晋霞. 论证语篇的“前景－背景”与汉语复句的使用[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2017, 56(4): 96-103.
Liu Yun Li Jinxia. The “Foreground-background” in Argumentative Discourse and the Use of Chinese Complex Sentences. journal1, 2017, 56(4): 96-103.
2017, Vol. 56 
