汉缅称谓语及其语用功能

The Pragmatic Functions of Chinese and Burmese Address Terms

中缅两国山水相连、民族同源,但由于所处地理环境和传统文化的不同,造成汉缅称谓语构成系统和繁琐程度不同,也造成称谓语在自身所属语言社会中的具体使用情况也存在差异;称谓语在交际过程中不仅是对交际对象的直接称谓和他称称谓,同时还被作为一种交际手段被赋予了许多语用功能;对汉缅称谓语的差异先进行简单介绍,接着从语用学的角度出发,就汉缅称谓语的指示功能、礼貌原则,以及称谓语在会话结构中起到的话轮交替、相邻对、话题转换、话轮争夺和语码转换等作用进行初步分析。

China and Myanmar are close neighbors with similar ethnic and cultural traditions.However, different geographical locations and traditional culture lead to the different systems and pragmatic functions of Chinese and Burmese address terms. Address terms not only plays a role of appellation, but also has many pragmatic functions in social interactions. The author first in- troduces the differences of Chinese and Burmese address terms, then analyzes the directive func- tion, polite principle, turn-taking, adjacency pair, topic shift, competing for turns, and code-switching.