美式称赞语:语用视角下的教师跨文化语言策略

American Compliments:Intercultural Teaching Strategies from the Perspective of Pragmatics

美国人不吝称赞他人,寒暄、客套时有一套约定俗成的语言表达方式。竭尽的夸赞、模仿和套用表明称赞语使用的模式化,承载着浓郁的语用色彩。感叹句、语气词、俗语和俚语的广泛使用造成称赞语词义泛化、语势高亢和语体色彩通俗化。在英语教学中,教师应该秉持跨文化教学策略,既要让学生接受美式称赞语的熏陶,又要言传身教,让学生深谙依附在称赞语背后的语用内涵和语境信息,提高语言文化的鉴赏力。

Americans are not stingy in praising others.They have a set of conventionalized linguistic formulae when they greet each other with courtesy and politeness.The acclimation,imitation and mechanic application imply that the use of compliments is patterned and bears a strong pragmatic color.The increase in the use of exclamation sentences,modal words,colloquial expressions and slang,resulting in the generalization of the meanings,the hyperbolization of utterances and the popularization of linguistic style.In terms of English teaching,teachers should adhere to the principle that language and culture complement each other.They should not only let students accept the edification of American compliments,but also teach them by percept and examples,so that the students can deeply understand the pragmatic connotation and contextual information hidden in the compliments to enhance their appreciation of language and culture.