对话与互文:弹词《杨乃武·密室相会》语言分析

Dialogue and Intertextuality:Language Analyses of a Piece of Suzhou Storytelling and Ballad-singing Yang Naiwu:A Plotted Meeting Behind Closed Doors

本文依据当代互动语言学的观点分析一折经典的弹词《杨乃武·密室相会》开篇何以成为经典的原因。文章的理路是:对话与互文是语言的根本属性,汉语的特色在于讲究对话与互文的格式化。评弹的叙事和说唱程式,其特点是将参与者多维度的对话与互文融为一体。技艺高超的评弹艺人善于充分利用和展现汉语的特点,遵守并灵活地运用评弹的程式,从而使叙事和说唱具有感染力。文章最后对如何改善当代白话文的表达提出建议。

From the standpoint of interactional linguistics,the author analyses the language of a piece of Suzhou Storytelling and Ballad-singing,a classic example of SSB,and explains the logic and reason behind its excellence.A distinguishing feature of the Chinese language is its special regard for the formulation of dialogue and intertextuality which are the inherent quality of human language.SsB is based on narration,stylized and featured in multi-dimensional dialogue and intertextuality.To affect the audience,outstanding performers of sSB are skillful in fully presenting the features of Chinese and making good use of the standard style of SSB.The author finally makes a suggestion for improving the style of contemporary writings in vernacular Chinese.