假省在论辩话语中的机变意义

Manoeuvring Strategically with Praeteritio

本文研究假省文体手段在论辩者试图协调其修辞目标和辩证目标中所起的作用;该手段是在展开辩证过程的某些讨论步骤中为解决争端而进行的一种机变。文章首先讨论了话语中实现假省的方式;然后分析作为呈现手段的假省在使用中可能产生的各种效果,该分析将用于确立在论辩的不同阶段中策略性地实施假省的可能性。最后文章还指出了假省的一些机变类型是怎样导致脱轨的,以及这些脱轨运作会违反批判性讨论中的哪些规则。

This paper investigates the role that the stylistic device of praeteritio( or paralipsis) can play in arguers’ attempts to reconcile their rhetorical with their dialectical aims by manoeuvring strategically when carrying out particular discussion moves of the dialectical procedure for resolving a dispute. First,attention will be paid to the ways in which praeteritio can be realized in discourse. Next,an analysis is given of the effects the use of praeteritio may have as a result of the presentational means that are employed. This analysis will be used to establish the possibilities for strategic manoeuvring with this device in the different stages of an argumentative discussion. Finally,an indication is given of how the types of strategic manoeuvring that a praeteritio can be instrumental in may derail,and in which violations of the rules for critical discussion such derailed manoeuvrings may result.