语用中的民俗

Folkways In Language Usage

语用中的民俗作为一种语言文化现象,包括的范围很广,如副语言习俗、数习俗、言语风尚以及语法、修辞、语音、文字诸方面的习俗惯制要素等。本文主要通过汉语的例子管中窥豹,对谐音、和谐与对称、言语禁忌、语言崇拜、语言伦理等五种语用民俗作了一些探讨。目的在于揭示语言的文化性质、文化价值、文化功能和语言文化的相对性特点。

Folkways in language usage, including paralanguage customs, number customs, linguistic tendency and all conventions of grammar, rhetoric, the speech sound and characters etc, is one of phenomena of linguistic cultures. This paper discusses five folkways in language usage: homophony, harmony & symmetry, linguistic taboo, language worship and language ethics. The purpose is to throw light on the cultural nature, cultural value, cultural function of language and the relativity of linguistic cultures.