关联理论对语篇连贯的诠释

On Explaining Textual Cohesion Through Relevance Theory

语篇是人们表达思想的主要形式,对于语篇分析的研究已越来越受到人们的关注。语篇的衔接与连贯是语篇分析研究的核心。衔接与连贯理论认为,语言交际过程中出现的字面意思不关联、但语义上连贯的现象可以通过语境理论来加以解释,Sperber&Wilson则提出关联理论来解释这一现象,即通过推理获知话语的暗含意义。关联理论从另一层面探讨了语篇连贯的问题。

Texts are the main form used to express people＇s ideas. More and more people are concerned about the study on texts these years. Coherence and cohesion of texts are the core of text analysis or discourse analysis study. According to the theory of coherence and cohesion, in language communication the texts which are unrelated in word meaning but cohesion in semantic meaning can be explained by Context Theory, whereas Sperber ＆ Wilson proposed Relevance Theory to do it. They thought people can understand a contexture mainly by inferring its implied meaning. Relevance Theory ex- plores text cohesion from a different level.