Gricean Principle is a vital theory in Pragmatics.Since it came into being,there were support,as well as doubt,criticism and revision,among which,Neo-Gricean Principle represented by Levinson also confirms Grice’s ph...Gricean Principle is a vital theory in Pragmatics.Since it came into being,there were support,as well as doubt,criticism and revision,among which,Neo-Gricean Principle represented by Levinson also confirms Grice’s philosophical framework.Through analysis,this thesis holds that Gricean Principle is the basis,Neo-Gricean Principle the development,and Politeness Principle the dominator.展开更多
In this article,two types of anaphora—(i)null subjects and(ii)long-distance reflexivisation— will be briefly compared and contrasted between Chinese and some Germanic,Romance,and Slavic languages,showing how they ar...In this article,two types of anaphora—(i)null subjects and(ii)long-distance reflexivisation— will be briefly compared and contrasted between Chinese and some Germanic,Romance,and Slavic languages,showing how they are different typologically.Following Huang(2000a,2013a),utilising intra-sentential anaphora as a testing ground,I shall re-hypothesise that languages in the world can roughly be divided into two groups:syntactic and pragmatic.Finally,I shall outline an analysis of long-distance reflexivisation in Chinese in terms of my neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora.展开更多
One of the politeness strategies,which has recently been observed,is the use of a semantically weak scalar expression to implicate the meaning of one or more of its stronger alternatives in a face-threatening context-...One of the politeness strategies,which has recently been observed,is the use of a semantically weak scalar expression to implicate the meaning of one or more of its stronger alternatives in a face-threatening context-a speech situation in which a loss of face can potentially be induced for the addressee,the speaker or both-out of politeness concerns.I call this type of marked scalar implicatures‘non-canonical scalar implicatures’.This article provides an informed discussion of the linguistic phenomenon in a few languages and presents a new analysis of it within the neo-Gricean pragmatic framework.展开更多
Can pragmatics and especially conversational implicature contribute to the semantic(i.e. conventional, truth-conditional, and propositional) content of a sentence uttered? During the ‘Golden Age of Pure Pragmatics...Can pragmatics and especially conversational implicature contribute to the semantic(i.e. conventional, truth-conditional, and propositional) content of a sentence uttered? During the ‘Golden Age of Pure Pragmatics'(GAPP), the answer to this question was straightforwardly negative. In other words, pragmatic intrusion into the semantic content of what is said is not allowed. But time has moved on. It has now been generally accepted in both the philosophy of language and linguistics that contra this ‘received' view, pragmatics and in particular conversational implicature or a variant of it like explicature or impliciture can encroach upon the semantic content of a sentence uttered, and to a less extent that some conversational implicatures may not be cancelled. This article presents a critical discussion and a neo-Gricean analysis of pragmatic and especially conversational implicatural penetration into the semantic content of a sentence uttered, focusing on what Levinson has called intrusive constructions.展开更多
The aim of this essay is threefold. In the first place, I shall discuss the transition from classical to neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of conversational implicature. Secondly, I shall present a neo-Gricean pragmatic th...The aim of this essay is threefold. In the first place, I shall discuss the transition from classical to neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of conversational implicature. Secondly, I shall present a neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of conversational implicature, focusing on the bipartite system developed by Laurence Horn and the tripartite system advanced by Stephen Levinson. Thirdly and finally, I shall point to a number of directions in which the neo-Gricean pragmatic theory may be developed in the future, including the debate on what is said versus what is conversationally implicated, the interdigitation between neo-Gricean pragmatic principles and bidirectional Optimality theory, the revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora, and the neo-Gricean psycho-pragmatic experimental work.展开更多
This paper provides a critical survey of theoretical pragmatics in contemporary linguistics. Among the topics that are addressed in the essay include the Anglo-American, and European Continental schools of thought; ne...This paper provides a critical survey of theoretical pragmatics in contemporary linguistics. Among the topics that are addressed in the essay include the Anglo-American, and European Continental schools of thought; neo-Gricean pragmatic, and Relevance theories, the pragmatics-semantics interface; and the pragmatics-syntax interface.展开更多
文摘Gricean Principle is a vital theory in Pragmatics.Since it came into being,there were support,as well as doubt,criticism and revision,among which,Neo-Gricean Principle represented by Levinson also confirms Grice’s philosophical framework.Through analysis,this thesis holds that Gricean Principle is the basis,Neo-Gricean Principle the development,and Politeness Principle the dominator.
文摘In this article,two types of anaphora—(i)null subjects and(ii)long-distance reflexivisation— will be briefly compared and contrasted between Chinese and some Germanic,Romance,and Slavic languages,showing how they are different typologically.Following Huang(2000a,2013a),utilising intra-sentential anaphora as a testing ground,I shall re-hypothesise that languages in the world can roughly be divided into two groups:syntactic and pragmatic.Finally,I shall outline an analysis of long-distance reflexivisation in Chinese in terms of my neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora.
文摘One of the politeness strategies,which has recently been observed,is the use of a semantically weak scalar expression to implicate the meaning of one or more of its stronger alternatives in a face-threatening context-a speech situation in which a loss of face can potentially be induced for the addressee,the speaker or both-out of politeness concerns.I call this type of marked scalar implicatures‘non-canonical scalar implicatures’.This article provides an informed discussion of the linguistic phenomenon in a few languages and presents a new analysis of it within the neo-Gricean pragmatic framework.
文摘Can pragmatics and especially conversational implicature contribute to the semantic(i.e. conventional, truth-conditional, and propositional) content of a sentence uttered? During the ‘Golden Age of Pure Pragmatics'(GAPP), the answer to this question was straightforwardly negative. In other words, pragmatic intrusion into the semantic content of what is said is not allowed. But time has moved on. It has now been generally accepted in both the philosophy of language and linguistics that contra this ‘received' view, pragmatics and in particular conversational implicature or a variant of it like explicature or impliciture can encroach upon the semantic content of a sentence uttered, and to a less extent that some conversational implicatures may not be cancelled. This article presents a critical discussion and a neo-Gricean analysis of pragmatic and especially conversational implicatural penetration into the semantic content of a sentence uttered, focusing on what Levinson has called intrusive constructions.
文摘The aim of this essay is threefold. In the first place, I shall discuss the transition from classical to neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of conversational implicature. Secondly, I shall present a neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of conversational implicature, focusing on the bipartite system developed by Laurence Horn and the tripartite system advanced by Stephen Levinson. Thirdly and finally, I shall point to a number of directions in which the neo-Gricean pragmatic theory may be developed in the future, including the debate on what is said versus what is conversationally implicated, the interdigitation between neo-Gricean pragmatic principles and bidirectional Optimality theory, the revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora, and the neo-Gricean psycho-pragmatic experimental work.
文摘This paper provides a critical survey of theoretical pragmatics in contemporary linguistics. Among the topics that are addressed in the essay include the Anglo-American, and European Continental schools of thought; neo-Gricean pragmatic, and Relevance theories, the pragmatics-semantics interface; and the pragmatics-syntax interface.
