文化预设对语篇效果的影响

The Effects of Cultural Presuppositions to the Text

文化预设指"渗透在个人的世界观和行为中的那些抽象的、具有普遍意义和系统性的观点和看法"。它是语用推理的条件,文化预设是使话语具有社会合适性的条件,是说话人对语境意义做出的设想。文化预设可在合理编排信息和优化语篇效果等方面发挥积极作用,如简化语篇表达,突出语篇信息,产生幽默效果等。

Cultural presuppotition refers to ＂the abstract, general and systematic concepts that permeated to the individual＇ s world outlook and behavior＂. It is a condition for pragmatic reference, a condition that makes a sentence fits the necessary ＇social adaptability and the speaker＇ s assumption towards the language environment. What＇ s more, cultural presupposition plays an effective role in properly arranging the information and optimizing the effects of the text：simplifying the expression, stressing the information and build the humorous effects, and so on.