This paper discusses the Mandarin particle ba concerning its syntactic and pragmatic issues. In the different positions of the various sentence types in Mandarin, ba performs specific speech acts and encodes a specifi...This paper discusses the Mandarin particle ba concerning its syntactic and pragmatic issues. In the different positions of the various sentence types in Mandarin, ba performs specific speech acts and encodes a specific illocutionary force from the perspective of pragmatic discourse analysis. Under the Universal Spine Hypothesis, the sentence-internal ba relates to the grounding layer, and the sentence-final ba is located in the responding layer, which is extended domains of the Universal Spine Hypothesis.展开更多
This paper focuses on one of the indirect speech acts,indirect requests.This paper firstly introduced how force-dynamic theory works and analyzed the same situation of indirect request that involves different utteranc...This paper focuses on one of the indirect speech acts,indirect requests.This paper firstly introduced how force-dynamic theory works and analyzed the same situation of indirect request that involves different utterances by applying Talmy’s force-dynamic theory.It reveals how indirect request is processed between speakers and listeners by adopting patterns explanation,and also gives cognitive interpretation of it.Besides,from cognitive linguistic perspective,it was found that there are three factors that may influence the result of indirect request,which contain the strength of utterance’s illocutionary force,listener’s willingness and pertinence relation between utterance and speaker’s purpose.All the factors will appear when an indirect request is produced,however,there will be at least one of them at the prominent position.This paper partially uncovers how we operate at the cognitive level when indirect requests are delivered.展开更多
The paper lies in the exploration of animal words both in English and in Chinese from illocutionary perspectives. The essay starts with a review of related studies on animal words and gives a brief introduction of the...The paper lies in the exploration of animal words both in English and in Chinese from illocutionary perspectives. The essay starts with a review of related studies on animal words and gives a brief introduction of the speech act theory. Then it analyses some differences between English and Chinese animal words because of the different cultural backgrounds. The essay shows that animal metaphors embody illocutionary forces. When indirect speech act is applied to reflect communication intention, metaphorical sentences with animal words bring up stronger illocutionary forces. The essay attempts to carry out a further study on animal words.展开更多
文摘This paper discusses the Mandarin particle ba concerning its syntactic and pragmatic issues. In the different positions of the various sentence types in Mandarin, ba performs specific speech acts and encodes a specific illocutionary force from the perspective of pragmatic discourse analysis. Under the Universal Spine Hypothesis, the sentence-internal ba relates to the grounding layer, and the sentence-final ba is located in the responding layer, which is extended domains of the Universal Spine Hypothesis.
文摘This paper focuses on one of the indirect speech acts,indirect requests.This paper firstly introduced how force-dynamic theory works and analyzed the same situation of indirect request that involves different utterances by applying Talmy’s force-dynamic theory.It reveals how indirect request is processed between speakers and listeners by adopting patterns explanation,and also gives cognitive interpretation of it.Besides,from cognitive linguistic perspective,it was found that there are three factors that may influence the result of indirect request,which contain the strength of utterance’s illocutionary force,listener’s willingness and pertinence relation between utterance and speaker’s purpose.All the factors will appear when an indirect request is produced,however,there will be at least one of them at the prominent position.This paper partially uncovers how we operate at the cognitive level when indirect requests are delivered.
文摘The paper lies in the exploration of animal words both in English and in Chinese from illocutionary perspectives. The essay starts with a review of related studies on animal words and gives a brief introduction of the speech act theory. Then it analyses some differences between English and Chinese animal words because of the different cultural backgrounds. The essay shows that animal metaphors embody illocutionary forces. When indirect speech act is applied to reflect communication intention, metaphorical sentences with animal words bring up stronger illocutionary forces. The essay attempts to carry out a further study on animal words.
