通过“辞屏”概念透视伯克的语言哲学观

A study of Kenneth Burke’s philosophy of language from his concept of "terministic screen"

本文探讨美国修辞学家伯克的语言哲学观。文章首先解析伯克创造的概念"辞屏"的涵义,并以此为基础,从四个方面探讨伯克的语言哲学观,即人的生存离不开语言、语言具有表态或劝勉功能、语言并非反映原本的现实以及语言的使用具有动机性。通过论述,作者试图说明,边缘性和学科交叉研究是修辞学特别是西方修辞学的学科特性,并希望这一结果对汉语修辞学的发展有所启发。

This paper explores Kenneth Burke’s philosophy of language. It begins by analyzing his concept of 'terministic screen' . And based on the analysis, it studies Burke’s philosophy of language from the following four aspects, i.e., human beings cannot live without language; language performs the function of being attitudinal and persuasive; language does not simply reflect reality; language use is full of motives. Through the study, the paper attempts to argue that rhetoric, especially Western rhetoric, is interdisciplinary in nature and hopes that it might shed enlightenment on the development of modern Chinese rhetoric.