多模态视域下网络即时通讯会话的话轮特点

Features of Turns in Instant Messaging Discourse from the Perspectives of Multimodality

基于多模态话语分析理论,以即时通讯交际中的语料为研究对象,分析多种模态协同作用下即时通讯会话话轮的特点。在即时通讯会话中,话轮特点表现为:多种模态参与交际,表情符、图片、音频、视频等模态是对话的有益补充;话轮呈现出不完整的会话结构,单语词、短语、不完整句式等均能参与交际;会话过程呈现多个话轮交叠,采用平行推进的多方会话方式。网络交际者应在多模态语境下充分利用话轮特点,提高交际的有效性和会话效果。

Based on the multimodal discourse analysis theory,this study takes the corpus in instant communication,mainly QQ and WeChat,as the object to analyze the features of turn-taking in instant messaging discourse and the relationship between modalities and turns.It is found that the features of turns in the instant messaging are as follows:Multi-modalities participate in communication,and emoticons,pictures,audio and video are all useful supplements to dialogue;Turn takes on an incomplete discourse structure;Conversations present multiple rounds of the overlapping of turns and are paralleled by multi-parties.In network communication,the communicators should make full use of the features of turns to improve the relevance of communication.The findings of this paper can provide a new perspective for the analysis of instant messaging in the era of Internet communication.