修辞的目的——兼论语言的非工具性质

The Purpose of Rhetoric

人们对修辞的研究历史可以追溯到古希腊罗马时期,可见人们对人类语言修辞现象的关注。直至今天,人们对修辞学研究的兴趣仍然没有减少,因为人类看到了语言在社会交往中的重要作用,看到了文化发展使人类的语言表达需要有更多的层次,并且人类的思维内容随着社会的发展而更加发展。无论是网络语言、文学语言、戏剧语言、政治演讲都需要一个最佳的表达形式即语言来进行表达。所以,现代人类更加注重对修辞的研究,以期待利用修辞这一人类语言强有力的表达手段来实现满足自己思想表达的需求。从修辞的目的中我们也能够窥见语言的非工具性质。

There are rhetorical devices used in every person＇ s talking, but why do we use that even if we are not writers？ This paper tends to show that the purpose of doing rhetoric is superficially for making sentences or speeches beautiful, but by nature the rhetoric is for the goal in making one more outstanding among people in order to trade for something that normal speech behavior can not achieve. Using rhetorical devices is a human instinct.