顺应论视角下的流行语探析

Analysis of Catchwords from the Perspective of Adaptation Theory

作为一种鲜活多变的语言现象,流行语具有重要的语言学价值和社会文化价值。文章以Verschueren的语言顺应论为理论框架,以《咬文嚼字》杂志2008-2015年评选出的十大流行语为语料进行分析,探究流行语的生成和退化过程。分析发现,流行语的生成和退化是对语言使用者心理世界、社交世界和物理世界中各种因素顺应的结果,包括顺应受众的省力心理、顺应经济政治发展、顺应语言系统发展规律等。

As an interesting language phenomenon, catchwords are of great linguistic and social value for invesfigatioru Therefore, this paper, taking the Verschueren＇s adaptation theory as the theoretical framework, analyzes the Top Ten Catchwords listed by Yao Wen Jiao Zi from 2008 to 2015, through which the generation and degeneration of catchwords can be investigated. It is found that the generation and degeneration of catchwords are the results of adaptability to various factors in the mental world, social world and physical world, including adaptability to principles of least human effort, adaptability to the development of economy and politics, and adaptability to the law of development of language system, etc.