科技发展背景下语用学研究方法与议题的新变化

The Recent Trends of Research Methods and Topics in Pragmatics Under the Influence of Sciences and Technologies

本文以现代科学技术的创新与发展,尤其是网络交际为背景,结合研究方法与研究议题的新变化,探讨当代语用学研究的前沿动态与发展趋势。本文从研究方法入手,讨论话语研究方法的新变化和新科技手段对语用学研究的促进作用,然后围绕新近出现的网络语用问题,梳理语用学研究的趋势与新特点。最后,针对语用学的未来研究,特别是如何根据研究议题选择恰当的研究方法等问题,提供方法论上的指导。

Under the influence of sciences and technologies, computer-mediated or internet communication prevails, then corpus pragmatics and cyberpramatics have appeared as branches of pragmatics. This paper studies the recent trends towards those changes in newly-discovered research topics such as the interpersonal pragmatics of offence, and conflict or identity construction in online communication; and methodologically discursive approaches are adopted since contextualization in interaction is emphasized more than in traditional pragmatics. This study aims to outline some recent changes of research topics and methods for the future development of pragmatics in China.