《语用学:语言适应理论》——Verschueren语用学新论述评

Review of J. Verschueren's Pragmatics as a theory of linguistic adaptation

Verschueren语言适应论提出,语用学不是和词法、句法、语义学、语音学相平行的一个学科,而是对语言功能的综观。他认为语言适应有五个方面,即适应的对象、层次、阶段、领悟程度和适应策略。本文就语言适应、选择和语言功能综观三者的关系。以及这一新论与传统语用学的关系加以讨论,并探究它对语用学发展的意义。

This paper introduces Verschueren's theory that views pragmatics as a functional perspective onlanguage, not on a par with syntax or semantics. The paper discusses the relationship between thenew view and traditional pragmatics. The author asks whether the new theory helps traditionalpragmatics extricate itself from what V looks on as a predicament.