试论前景化和交际意图的传递

Foregrounding and the Transmission of Communicative Intention

交际意图是说话人在交际行为中所要实现的目的,它影响和制约着说话人对语言形式的选用。在文学作品中,作者为实现自己的交际目的,有时会故意打破言语常规,造成前景化。前景化和交际意图的传递有着密不可分的联系,读者对非常规形式背后的隐含意义的探求过程正是作者交际意图的实现过程,前景化语言结构可将读者认知活动有效地引向对作者交际意图的破解。

Communicative intention is the goal people intend to achieve in communication, which affects and restricts the selection of language forms. In literary works, the authors sometimes intentionally violate the language norms Producing foregrounding to achieve their communicative intentions. There is a close relationship between foregrounding and the transmission of communicative intention, in the Process of readers＇ searching for the implied meaning of abnormal forms,the authors successfully convey their communicative intentions. The foreground linguistic structure can effectively lead the cognitive action of readers to the proper interpretation of authors＇ communicative intentions.