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E-Prime

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E-PrimeEnglish-Prime的縮寫[1](可記作ÉE′),指去除了系動詞to be(包括所有變位、縮寫等形式)的英語。E-Prime由大衛·波蘭德(David Bourland)於1940年代提出,以作為阿爾弗雷德·柯日布斯基普通語義學理論的補充。[2]

支持使用E-Prime的學者認為這能使思考更清晰並增強寫作能力。[3]例如,E-Prime不允許出現類似「這部電影是好的」(the film was good)這樣的表達,而需改用「我喜歡這部電影」(I liked the film)、「這部電影讓我大笑」(the film made me laugh)、「這部電影有價值」(the film has value)等。E-Prime強調用經驗並非判斷進行表達,以使作者與讀者能更容易地區分事實與意見。

使用E-Prime寫作的作品

  • Scoundrel Days: a memoir》(Brentley Frazer著)[4]
  • Under The Eye of God》(David Gerrold著)
  • Rewild or Die》(Urban Scout著)
  • A Covenant of Justice》(David Gerrold著)
  • Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy》(David Gerrold著)
  • The New American Standard Bible in E-Prime》(David F. Maas著)[5]
  • Quantum Psychology》 (Robert Anton Wilson著)
  • A New Guide to Rational Living》(阿爾伯特·艾利斯與Robert A. Harper著)
  • Overcoming Procrastination》(阿爾伯特·艾利斯著)
  • Sex and the Liberated Man》(阿爾伯特·艾利斯著)
  • Anger: How to Live With and Without It》(阿爾伯特·艾利斯著)
  • Feeling Better, Getting Better, Staying Better》(阿爾伯特·艾利斯著)
  • Laws of Form》(G. Spencer-Brown著)
  • An Insider's Guide to Robert Anton Wilson》(Eric Wagner著)

參考資料

  1. ^ Cascini, Gaetano (編). TRIZ Future Conference 2004: Florence, 3-5 November 2004. Firenze University Press. 2004 [15 June 2017]. ISBN 88-8453-220-5. (原始內容存檔於2019-10-16). 
  2. ^ Cullen Murphy, "Just curious: essays", 1995, ISBN , 039570099X p. 78頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館
  3. ^ Zimmerman, Daniel. E-Prime as a Revision Strategy. ETC: A Review of General Semantics 58.3: 340–347. Fall 2001 [2009-01-10]. (原始內容存檔於2008-10-14). Using E-Prime, I require students to paraphrase about half their sentences—admittedly, in a special way, but using as stylistic models the best of the rest of their sentences, already written in 'native' E-Prime. The more gracefully and effectively they learn to do this, the more they begin to sound like themselves as writers, rather than like all the other writers around them sound about half the time. 
  4. ^ Scoundrel Days: A Memoir. Penguin Books Australia. [1 March 2017]. (原始內容存檔於2017-08-20). 
  5. ^ 存档副本. [2017-12-17]. (原始內容存檔於2017-12-29).