同义词的语用研究

A Pragmatic Study of Synonymy

从语义学的角度来研究同义词只是同义词研究的出发点和基础,我们必须在此基础上进一步研究在实际的语言交流和运用中如何得体而恰当地运用同义词。同义词的语用研究把同义词的研究范畴从传统的语义学研究范畴延伸到了语用学、修辞学、心理学等研究范畴,因为这些学科本身就是密切联系的。只有这样,同义词———这些看似“相似的词语”才能有用武之地,才能丰富和美化我们的表达,使我们的语言表达准确而得体。

Traditionally synonymy has been confined to semantics, but actually it is also concerned with pragmatics, rhetoric, and psycholinguistics. This paper intends to study synonymy from a pragmatic perspective, exploring the interpretative function of synonymy in conversational implication as well as the interrelations between synonymy and principles of politeness in conversation.