“换词求雅”的修辞作用及衔接功能

The Rhetoric and Cohesive Functions of “Elegant Variation”

“换词求雅”作为一种消极修辞手段,在避免重复、增加文章的文体色彩方面起到了积极的作用。不仅如此,作为一种衔接手段,“换词求雅”也在保证语篇的衔接与连贯上发挥着不可替代的作用。本文通过对这种辞手段的应用原则及分类方法的阐述,试图表明“换词求雅”并不是为了语言花哨的目的而存在的,无论从修辞还是语法意义角度上看,这一修辞方法的作用都是其他方法难以替代的。

＂elegant variation＂ ,asone of the passive rhetoric techniques, plays a very active role in avoiding the repetition of words and adding to the stylistic colour of a passage. Plus,＂ elegant variation＂ functions as a cohesive device, playing a unsubstitutable role in ensuring the cohesion of a text. So ＂elegant variation＂ is not for garishness, but for the rhetoric and functional purposes.