人际元语用:内容、框架与方法

Interpersonal Metapragmatics:Scope,Framework and Methodology

本文聚焦人际语用和元语用两大热门研究领域的交叉区域,我们称之为人际元语用,尝试勾勒其研究内容,构建其分析框架,探析其研究方法。具体而言,人际元语用研究关注人际关系管理和人际态度表达的元语用表征,揭示交际者在会话不同阶段管理人际关系、传达人际态度的自反意识。针对人际元语用现象,可以从交际需求、元语用表达的语用功能与出现位置、语境相关因素等维度开展分析。开展人际元语用分析,可以采用定性或定性与定量相结合的研究方法。

This paper focuses on the intersection of two hot research fields—interpersonal pragmatics and metapragmatics,which we term interpersonal metapragmatics.It attempts to outline its scope of research,construct its analytic framework,and explore its methodology.Specifically,interpersonal metapragmatics is concerned with the metapragmatic representation of the management of interpersonal relations and the communication of interpersonal attitudes.It reveals the communicators'reflexive awareness of interpersonal interaction in managing interpersonal relationships and conveying interpersonal attitudes at different stages.To pursue research on interpersonal metapragmatic phenomena,we can analyze the communicative needs,the pragmatic functions and positions of metapragmatic expression(s)and the effects of contextual correlates concerned.Methodologically,interpersonal metapragmatic analysis can be purely qualitative,or qualitative plus quantitative.