语言政策话语的再情景化:以“取消英语主科地位”为例

Recontextualization of“Abolition of the Status of English as the Main Subject”:A Discursive Approach to Language Policy

作为一种新的理念导向、价值立场和学术路径,语言政策的话语研究路径着眼于话语从事何种实践活动,如何创造、解释和传播特定的语言政策,因此逐渐受到学界关注。本研究以新浪微博热搜语言政策相关事件“取消英语主科地位”的讨论话语为研究对象,采用合理化分析框架,重点考察“取消英语主科地位”如何融入其他社会事件语境中进行“再情景化”。研究结果表明:网民主要采用道德合理化、理性合理化、假设未来合理化三种合理化策略,围绕语言文化、教育资源、国家发展、科技信息四大主题支持或反对“取消英语主科地位”。上述研究发现对于揭示外语教育政策实施过程中的话语冲突及其媒介表征,促进政策话语、学术话语与媒体话语的良性互动,对外语教育政策相关研究具有积极的参考意义。

As a relatively new concept,stance,and academic approach,the Discursive Approach to Language Policy(DALP)pays particular attention to what kind of practice discourse engages in,and how discourse creates,interprets,and transmits certain language policies,attracting the attention of the academic community.Accordingly,by collecting posts and comments of"Abolition of the Status of English as the Main Subject"on Sina Microblog,a hot-spot event related to language policy,this study adopts Legitimation as the analytical framework and investigates how the hot-spot event is recontextualized into the contexts of other social events.The results show that netizens have mainly adopted moral evaluation,rationalization,and legitimation through a hypothetical future to support or oppose the"Abolition of the Status of English as the Main Subject",concerning four major themes:language and culture,education and resources,nation and development,and scientific technology and information.The study reveals the discursive conflicts and media representation in the implementation of foreign language education policy.It is also hoped that this study will promote positive interactions among the discourses of policy,academia,and media,and thus provide some references for further study on foreign language education policy.