语言顺应(性):概念与操作——Jef Verschueren教授访谈与评解

Linguistic adaptation (adaptability): concepts and operation——An interview with Jef Verschueren

"语言顺应理论"自提出以来备受学界关注,相关研究成果众多,但在基本概念和操作问题上,该理论的倡导者Jef Verschueren多次表示国内学界存在误解。本文从立论源起切入,讨论顺应与顺应性的基本概念,分析语言顺应的操作性以及不顺应和消极顺应在该理论中的定位等相关话题,汇报访谈内容的同时对每一部分做了评解,澄清误解并指出将哲学层面的思考与操作层面的应用结合可丰富该理论,并为相关研究提供更清晰的探究路径和理论依据。

The Theory of Linguistic Adaptation has been attracting extensive academic attention,and related studies have been fruitful,yet as Jef Verschueren,the initiator of the theory,points out,its operationality and basic concepts are being misinterpreted.This interview investigates the background of its proposal,discusses the difference between"adaptation"and"adaptability",analyses the operationality of linguistic adaptation and puts forward the issues of anti-adaptation and negative adaptation.While reporting interview,the authors comment accordingly on related arguments,summarize and propose that a combination of philosophical cogitation and operational application can enrich the theory,and more importantly provides a clearer exploring approach and sounder theoretical support.