委婉性话语标记“说句不中听的话”探究

Euphemistic Discourse Maker of “Shuo ju bu zhongting de hua（说句不中听的话）”

“说句不中听的话”是个委婉性的话语标记,在具体语句中删去它不会影响句子的真值意义。不过,使用这一话语标记能使前后语句连贯,同时使句子在表达上更具委婉性。从语用环境上看,该话语标记主要用于以下三种情况:一是用于言谈双方权势相当的对话;二是用于低权势者对高权势者的对话;三是用于言谈双方社会距离较远的对话。从语用功能上看,该话语标记有婉言批评、委婉建议、推断消极信息的人际功能。“说句不中听的话”的形式与新意义相互匹配并固化后,其委婉义能自动浮现,毋需推理。

“Shuo ju bu zhongting de hua(说句不中听的话)”is a euphemistic discourse marker.It does not affect the true meaning of a sentence in a specific sentence without it,but using it can make the preceding and following statements coherent.At the same time,the sentence is more euphemistic in expression.From the perspective of pragmatic environment,the discourse marker is mainly used in the following three powers and affinity relationships:for the dialogue between the two parties with equal power or the low-powered to the high-powered,or who have long social distance between each other;From the perspective of pragmatic function,the discourse marker has rumor criticism,euphemistic advice,and inferring the interpersonal function of negative information.The euphemistic discourse mark and the new meaning match and solidify,its euphemism can automatically emerge,and no further reasoningis needed.