间接言语行为理论说略

A Brief Introduction to Theory of Indirect Speech Acts

英国语言哲学家约翰·奥斯汀是言语行为理论的开创人,美国语言哲学家塞尔沿着奥斯汀开创的道路修正并发展了言语行为理论,进而提出了间接言语行为理论。他们的言语行为理论对当代语言哲学尤其是语用学的发展和研究起到了开拓性的作用.间接言语行为的研究是跨文化语用研究中十分重要的问题之一。本文简要概述了塞尔的间接言语行为理论,通过生动的实例分析阐明正确表达和理解间接言语行为是跨文化交际成功的关键因素,也是语用等效翻译中应充分注意的问题。得出的结论是间接言语行为应被纳入外语教学的内容,以逐步培养学生的语用意识和跨文化交际能力。

Austin is the first pioneer of speech act theory,and his ideas greatly enlightened J.R.Searle to put forward his own speech act theory,esp.indirect speech act theory.Research on indirect speech acts(hereafter ISA) is one of the most important aspects in cross-cultural pragmatics.This paper briefly summaries Searle's ISA theory with some vivid examples,and illustrates that expressing and understanding ISA correctly and appropriately is the key factor for successful cross-cultural communication,ISA should be paid much more attention in the process of pragmatic equivalent translation.It should also be considered in foreign language teaching in order to cultivate the learners'pragmatic awareness and cross-cultural communication competence.