临时性词汇语用探析

A Pragmatic Analysis of Nonce Words

本文讨论了临时性词汇的概念、特点、意义及功能,并基于关联理论和相关研究成果分析了特定语境下临时性词汇语用意义和功能的实现过程。语料分析表明:临时性词汇语用意义和功能的实现必须以语境条件为基础,只有放在特定的语境中,从会话产生的交际效果着眼,运用一定的逻辑推理能力与语境因素来寻求最佳关联,才能消除临时性词汇的歧义和语用模糊。

The present paper discusses the concept, distinguishing features, pragmatic meanings and usages of nonce words, and analyzes the process of realizing the pragmatic meaning and usages of nonce words with the employment of relevance theory. The analysis of data shows that the context is the fundamental condition in the realizing process. Having an eye on the communicative effects, the listener has to use his logical reasoning to evoke the contextual elements in the seeking of optimal relevance. Only in this way can he eliminate the semantic ambiguity and pragmatic fuzziness of nonce words.