认知语用学视角下英语课堂沉默研究

The Study of Silence in English Class from the Perspective of Cognitive Pragmatics

有声语言是人类交际的重要手段,同样,无声语言也能传递丰富的信息,有时甚至是有声语言难以或无法表达的。作为非言语交际手段之一的沉默是英语课堂交际中常见的现象,同时,也是最容易被我们忽视和误解的,以致引起交际失误。本文将在关联理论(Sperber&Wilson,1986)和认知语境等相关知识构建的平台之上,结合英语课堂会话中师生沉默的例子,探讨其丰富含义的生成和理解机制,从而提高教学效率。

Verbal language is the most important way of man＇ s communication, likewise the non - verbal language . Sometimes non - verbal language can transform much richer information than the verbal one. Silence, a main act of nonverbal communication, is very common in our English class. But it is often ignored, causing communicative failures. On the basis of Relevance Theory （Sperber＆Wilson, 1986） and the knowledge of cog- nitive context, integrating with examples of teacher＇ s ＆student＇ s silence in English class, this paper explores the psychological process of the communicator ix, interpreting the rich meaning ef silence to improve English teaching efficiency.