语法隐喻的认知语用解读

A Pragma-cognitive Account of Grammatical Metaphor

语法隐喻是系统功能语言学中的一个重要概念。对于相关语言现象,系统功能语言学做出了比较系统的描写和解读。针对现有研究视角的局限性(如对相关现象的理解缺乏认知解释,对相关现象的交际功能存在误读等等),本研究拟在关联理论指导下,基于语言形式与关联方式之间的内在关联性假定,从认知语用学视角时动态语境中语法隐喻的使用重新做出解读,指出语法隐喻性表达方式与对应的非语法隐喻性表达方式在明示方式方面存在语用差异,是一种独特的获取最佳关联的认知语用方式,具有不同于后者所引发的认知语境效果。

Grammatical metaphor is an important concept in systemic functional grammar that has attracted a consider- able amount of research. Despite the relatively rich and fine descriptions and interpretations available, some problems remain, such as the lack of explanation from a cognitive perspective and the misinterpretation of the communicative functions of the linguistic phenomenon. In the light of the Relevance Theory, assuming a natural link between a lin- gnistic form and its communicative relevance, this study revisits the phenomenon to seek a pragma-cognitive account, identifying it as a unique way of securing the presumption of optimal relevance and highlighting its special cognitive effects not available from its non-metaphorical counterpart.