试题题干
Answer the following questions.
How can we achieve specific reference (with examples)?
参考答案
试题解析
本题考查特指的用法。
The panda gave birth to a healthy baby last night. 句中的the panda指的是那个特定的动物,这就是特指。
特指可以分为确定特指和不确定特指。
确定特指有明确的讨论对象。上面的句子中the panda就是特指生了宝宝的那一个。
而不确定特指指向一个特定的、实际的类别,而不能准确定位到某一个事物。例:a dog charged at me when I was on my way home last night.
特指也可能来自情景语境或语言语境。
例:Would you pass me the salt? (情景语境)
That's the dictionary I'm looking for. (语言语境)