试析美国总统就职演说辞中的语篇互文性——以顺应性理论为基础

An Analysis of the Intertextuality in the Inaugural Addresses of American Presidents Based on the Theory of Adaptation

历届美国总统就职演说辞中的话语不仅具有强烈的对话性质,而且具有典型的多语杂存和多体裁混合即语篇互文性(intertextuality)现象。文章试从Verschueren的顺应论的角度就该现象的生成过程加以阐述,以期找到不同风格、话语或体裁特色的语言能在这些演说辞中和谐共存却又不伤连贯流畅的内在原因,同时也期望对解读其他类似语篇有所裨益。

The inaugural addresses of American presidents are not only distinguished by their salient dialogic attributes, but are characterized by a heterogeneous mix of discursive varieties and genres, i.e. the typical phenomenon of intertextuality. The present paper attempts an exposition of the generating process of this phenomenon from the angle of Verchueren＇s theory of adaptation, aiming at pinning down the underlying reason why linguistic elements of different styles, discourses or genres can exist compatibly in these addresses, without impairing their coherence and smoothness. Meanwhile, this paper is also expected to be conducive to the analyses of other similar discourses.