从“描述”到“解释”——多模态语篇的系统功能符号学分析法与认知诗学分析法比较

From DESCRIBING to INTERPRETING:On the Two Approaches for MTA—A Comparative Study of MTA with the Systemic-functional Semiotic Approach or Cognitive Poetics

多模态语篇的社会符号学分析法着力于"描述"构建语篇的符号资源及其意义整合,是目前多模态语篇分析的主流理论与方法。认知诗学致力于"解释"语篇结构可引起的语篇效果,它最初主要面向文学语篇,但也适用于多模态语篇的分析,它为多模态语篇分析提供了新的理论与方法。本文从理论基础、分析方法、分析对象、主体、语篇依据及分析模式等方面对二者进行了大致的比较。多模态语篇的系统功能符号学分析与认知诗学分析本质不同之处,在于"描述"与"解释"的区别。从"描述"到"解释",系统功能符号学分析法与认知诗学二者具有一定的互补性。

The systemic-functional semiotic approach aims at DESCRIBING the interactive meaning and textual structure resulting from various modes integrated.It is the leading theory and approach for multimodal text analysis(MTA)at present.Cognitive poetics tries to INTERPRETE the textual effect caused by the textual structure.It used to serve literary texts.In fact it is also applicable to MTA.It may serve as a new theory and approach for MTA.This article makes a comparison between the systemic-functional Semiotic Approach and cognitive poetics from their theoretical bases,analysis approaches,objectives,subjects,textual evidence and analysis patterns.The key difference between the systemic-functional semiotic approach and cognitive poetics lies in the distinction of DESCRIBING and INTERPRETING.They are complimentary to MTA in a sense.