酷狗手机版本:倒装在英文歌曲中的应用

倒装句

  语序就是指英语句子中各成分之间的相对顺序，英语句子中的核心成分是主语、谓语和宾语在英语长期的历史演变过程中它们的顺序被逐渐被固定下来，从而形成了一个相对固定的语序，即“主语+谓语+宾语”的顺序。这个语序通常被称为“正常语序”或“自然顺序”，大多数英语句子都是采用这种语序。

但是这种语序也并非一成不变，有时也会打破常规改变这种语序，把谓语放在主语之前，从而起到强调或某种特定的修辞效果，这种语序变化就是倒装。强调是引起语序变化的最主要原因，我们通常把所有要强调的成分放到句首，以达到强调的目的。保持句子的平衡是引起语序变化的另一个原因。鉴于此，英文歌词中的倒装是有一部分以上的原因。但是其中也有部分原因是为了符合音符或者随着音符而变，产生歌词音符相得益彰的感觉。

根据谓语动词结构和位置的不同，倒装可以分为全部倒装和部分倒装两种。全部倒装是指整个谓语动词放在主语前面。在英语歌词中的全倒装中由地点和时间副词引出的全部倒装句运用的频率很高。尤以地点副词“HERE”最多.

举例：

1．Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests

But never forgets what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

（选自 Wake Me Up When September ends）

分析：Here comes the rain again这句是很简单的全倒装句，类似于我们很早就见过的Here comes the bus.在日常口语中也是很常见的。这句原来的形式是The rain comes here again.

2. Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night

Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall

She sees the bartender in a pool of blood

Cries out, "My God, they killed them all!"

Here comes the story of the Hurricane

The man the authorities came to blame

For somethin' that he never done

Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been

The champion of the world

Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see

And another man named Bello, movin' around mysteriously

"I didn't do it," he says, and he throws up his hands

"I was only robbin' the register, I hope you understand

I saw them leavin'," he says, and he stops

"One of us had better call up the cops."

And so Patty calls the cops

And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin'

In the hot New Jersey night             （选自 Hurricane）

分析：在Hurricane的这两段歌词中有两种不同的倒装句。Here comes the story of the Hurricane这句是平常很容易见到的一种全倒装，还原完的全句是The story of the Hurricane comes here. 而Three bodies lyin' there does Patty see则是典型的主谓倒装句,这句也是在日常口语中很常见到的句型。助动词Does提前至主语前。此句还原回去了就不难理解了，可还原为Patty see three bodies lyin’ there.

部分倒装则只是把谓语中的助动词、情态动词或系动词be等放在主句前面，实义动词或表语仍在主语后面。某些否定词或否定副词放在句首，句子要求部分倒装，即助动词或be动词放在主语之间。常见的否定副词有barely，hardly，little，seldom等。

举例：

3．The only girl I care about has gone away

Looking for a brand new start

But little does she know that when she left that day

Along with her she took my heart  （选自Rhythm of the Rain）

分析：But little does she know that when she left that day.这句是否定倒装句，也是由Little 这个否定词引导的主谓倒装句。由于Little的提前，使Does 前置于She 。此句可以还原为 But she know little that when she left that day.

部分倒装中还有一种倒装就是纯粹为了符合歌曲的一些音符，通过倒装与省略的结合，以达到歌词与歌谱能够流畅的配合，以达到非常完美的境界。这时的倒装就是只有在英文歌词中才有的倒装，那是只为了歌谱歌词作出的调整。

4．The deeper I go

All is fair in love she said

Think with your heart, not with your head

That's what my mama told me

All the little things you do

Will end up coming back to you

I let my father mold me         （选自Deeper and deeper）

分析：All the little things you do will end up coming back to you这句话是我们在日常口语中很少见的一种倒装形式，很明显的这句话如果不知道是倒装会很难理解的。如果把全句还原回去就会很好理解了，还原后的全句应该是All the little things you do which will coming back to you when it’s end up.