关联理论视角下《欲望号街车》中的语用模糊研究

Pragmatic Ambivalence in A Streetcar Named Desire from the Perspective of Relevance Theory

语用模糊是指在交际过程中使用不明确的话语,以传达数种言外行为或言外之力的现象。作为一种以人物对话为主的艺术形式,戏剧中人物会话的含义往往超越话语本身,作家借此达到刻画人物性格、推动情节走向高潮的目的。基于关联理论的视角,以田纳西·威廉斯《欲望号街车》中的人物对白为语料,通过对剧中的语用模糊分类,探讨其对人物刻画、剧情发展的作用,以期揭示语用模糊背后的认知心理过程。

Pragmatic ambivalence（ hereafter PA） refers to the phenomenon in which uncertain words are uttered to convey several illocutionary acts or forces in the course of intercommunication. The utterance meaning of the conversations in drama often goes beyond the literal meaning as the writers tend to use PA for portraying characters＇ personalities and promoting the development of plot. Through the analysis of conversations in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams,the paper attempts to study PA and its effects on portraying characters＇ personalities and promoting the development of plot based on Relevance Theory,so as to explore the cognitive process of its interpretation.