英语对比修辞理论的起源和发展

The Origin and Development of Comparative Rhetoric Theory

对比修辞理论(Contrastive Theory)是美国学者罗伯特·卡普兰(Robert Kaplan)于1966年提出的语言学新兴研究领域。其后来的发展受到语言、文化和思维三者之间关系的影响。社会文化与其相对应的语言之间有着紧密的联系。语言和思维相互制约,不同的语言在一定程度上决定了不同的思维方式,而不同的思维方式也导致了各种语言组织形式的不同。这为对比修辞研究提供了一个可靠的理论基础,也为阐释母语和第二外语写作的异同提供了一个新的视角,对我国英语写作和阅读教学具有重要的启示。

The Contrastive Rhetoric Theory was put forward by Robert Kaplan in 1966 as a new linguistic research field. Its subsequent development is influenced by the relationship among language, culture and thought, i.e. social culture and its corresponding language are closely linked, language and thought are restricted and different languages in a certain extent determine the different ways of thought, which lead to various forms of language organization. This provides a reliable theoretical basis for the contrastive rhetoric study and explains the similarities and differences between mother tongue and second language writing from a new perspective, so as to propose important implications for the English writing and reading education in China.