语用信息包 括形式特征,句子的交际目的和随语境变化的观点。结合语用信息,现在时独立句直陈语气除了可以表示事实陈述以 外,还可以表示推测、猜想和信念等。 关键词:独立句;情态性;语气;一般现在时 中图分类号:H313 文献标识码:A 文章编号:1008—4703(2005)03—0027—03 Abstract:The paper illustrates presentindicative independentclause from semantic pragmaticpoint view.Severalforeign linguists’explanations notion“modality”arereviewed authorchooses Francis James’一the theoretical(words—tO—match—world)modality practical(world—tO—match—words)modality--as hisanalysis.It semanticanalysis presentindicative independentclause cannot completeuntil pragmaticinformation.The pragmatic information includes formal features,communicative purpose viewwhich changes context.Combined pragmaticinformation,the present indicative independentclause can mean supposition,guess, belief like.Key word:independent clause;modality;mood;simple present tense 1.