第一人称代词标记性话语策略及其文化身份建构差异——基于中美电视访谈节目主持人语料

First Personal Pronoun as Marked Discourse Strategy and the Difference of Cultural Identity Construction:A Corpus-based Study of Discourses by Chinese and American TV Interview Hosts

本文基于电视访谈节目《杨澜访谈录》和《奥普拉·温弗瑞秀》知名嘉宾英语访谈节目主持人话语语料,比较两位主持人在第一人称代词使用及自我文化身份建构方面的差异。结果表明,第一人称代词是文化身份建构的标记性话语策略。具体表现为,中国主持人更多使用第一人称复数突显自我所属的集体形象,并将自我独立于话题外;美国主持人大量使用第一人称单数积极地自我呈现或介入话题。第一人称代词作为标记性话语策略建构出中国主持人集体主义的文化身份,以及美国主持人个人主义的文化身份。

Based on ten selected texts from Chinese TV interview programs Yang Lan One-on-one and its American counterpart The Oprah Winfrey Show,this paper comparatively studies the use of first personal pronouns between the two hosts from China and America and their cultural identities constructed correspondingly.The results show that the first personal pronouns are used as marked discourse strategies to construct the hosts＇ cultural identities.Specifically,the Chinese host uses more plural forms of the first personal pronoun to highlight the group to which she belongs,and to keep her own ideas and opinions without being fully expressed.At the same time,the American host uses a great number of singular forms of the first personal pronoun to make a full self-presence in the interview actively.The difference of personal pronoun use between the two hosts demonstrates the construction of collectivistic cultural identity and individualistic cultural identity of Chinese and American hosts respectively,and gives prominence to the markedness of first personal pronouns as discourse strategies to construct the cultural identities of Chinese and American TV interview hosts.