仿拟构式生成的认知语用学解释

A study of parody production from the perspective of cognitive pragmatics

本文基于构式语法框架,探讨仿拟构式生成的机制和机理。我们认为,一个仿拟构式的生成是语言运用者的认知能力语用化的结果。在一个仿拟构式生成的过程中,语言运用者的认知能力表现为运用已知的概念或概念系统(构式的句法结构和语义结构知识)感知新信息;语言运用者的语用能力表现为模仿旧构式拟创新构式。仿拟的生成就是"运用已知的概念或概念系统感知新信息"的认知能力语用化为"模仿旧构式拟创新构式"的语言运用的方法;其根本动因是追求新奇,表达一种新的思想。

The current study aims to explore the mechanism of parody production within the framework of construction grammar. We argue that production of parody in language involves pragmatization of language users’ cognitive faculty. In the course of producing parody, language users’ cognitive faculty manifests itself in the application of known concepts or the conceptual system (i.e. knowledge of the syntactic and semantic structures of an existing construction) to the perception of new information. Their pragmatic ability lies in creating a new construction from one that already exists. Therefore, the motivation to produce parody is to pursue novelty and convey new ideas.