关联—顺应语用模式的研究

The Study of A Pragmatic Model for Relevance-Adaptation Theory

关联理论从认知的角度解释交际的性质,指出交际是明示-推理行为。认知语境为语用推理提供了一种手段,而推理是以关联原则和最佳关联假设为基础。顺应理论认为语言使用的过程就是语言选择的过程,是各种关系相互顺应的过程。关联-顺应模式的理论框架,应以关联原则和最佳关联假设为基础,语言语境和交际语境相互顺应,使关联理论解释的充分性和顺应理论描述的充分性得到统一。

Relevance theory considers communication as an ostensive-inferential process in which cognitive context provides a means for pragmatic inference. The pragmatic inference is based on the principles of relevance and the presumptions of optimal relevance. Adaptation Theory regards language use as a process of choice and adaptation, which is reflected in the four aspects: (1)contextual correlates of adaptability,(2)structural objects of adaptability,(3)dynamics of adaptability,(4)salience of adaptation process.Adopting the principles of relevance and the presumptions of optimal relevance as the basis of adaptability, this paper attempts to provide a theoretical model for Relevance-Adaptation Theory, which makes the adaptation of linguistic context and communication context possible. The new model achieves adequacy in terms of description and explanation that Relevance Theory and Adaptation Theory is short of respectively.