汉语社交媒体互动中“然后”变异用法的语用解读

A Pragmatic Account of Variant Usages of “Ránhòu(Then)” in Chinese Social Media

基于微博语料,考察社交媒体互动中“然后”作为语用标记的变异用法,研析变异用法所实现的人际语用功能,并解读变异用法的原因。研究发现:语用标记“然后”在汉语社交媒体互动中的变异用法包括反复使用、接龙使用,以及与语气词组合使用等,变异用法可实现强化情感、吸引参与和拉近距离等人际语用功能。汉语社交媒体互动中“然后”在用法上的突破,受到说话人元语用意识的调控和社交媒体的影响。研究揭示了连词语用标记人际化的机制,对类似语用标记的产生和使用有借鉴意义。

Based on naturally occurring data from Weibo, this paper aims to explore the variant usages of “ránhòu(then)” as a pragmatic marker in social media interaction, then to analyze pragmatic effects achieved by these variant usages, and finally to investigate the reasons for the variant usages. It is found that “ránhòu(then)” as a pragmatic marker in social media interaction presents three ways of usage, i.e., for repetition, for cascading, and for combination with modal particles. They can realize three main pragmatic functions: strengthening the speaker’s emotion, attracting the hearer’s participation, and narrowing online social distance. The impetus of meta-pragmatic awareness and the influence of social media constitute the main motivation. This study reveals the mechanism of conjunctions evolving into pragmatic markers, which could cast some illuminating light both on the study of the generation and use of similar pragmatic markers.