亲子间冲突性话语的直接反对回应策略-以电视剧《小别离》为例_英语论文

Direct Oppositional Response Strategy of Conflict Talk Between Parents and Adolescents –A Case Study of TV Play A Love for Separation  

摘要

冲突话语是人际交往中普遍存在的一种语言现象，不可避免也是不可忽视的。社会学、人类学以及语言学领域的学者们都分别从不同的角度探讨，并取得了一定得研究。

本人在前人研究的基础上，从语用学的研究角度，以不礼貌原则为理论，此次课题主要探讨青少年与父母间的冲突性话语。本文以亲子间父母与青少年双方的直接反对与对立性的回应策略为切入点，将选取电视剧《小别离》中亲子间冲突性话语为语料，根据不同策略进行分角色分类型分析。此次研究主要归纳总结亲子间有哪些不礼貌模式，并且根据面子威胁的程度强弱来分类对立性回应策略，以及不同的回应策略有哪些语用功能。

通过分析能够对冲突性话语这个语言现象有一个较全面的认识，有利于促进亲子间，以及各种人际关系间的相互理解，减少和避免日常生活中冲突的发生，从而对和谐家庭以及和谐社会的建立有重要意义。

关键词：冲突性话语；不礼貌原则；直接反对回应策略；亲子关系；《小别离》

Abstract

Conflict talk is a common linguistic phenomenon in interpersonal communication, which is inevitable and cannot be ignored. In the field of sociology, linguistics and anthropology scholars explore it from various perspectives, and have achieved a lot. 

On the basis of previous studies, this thesis mainly analyses the conflict talk between parents and adolescents in the pragmatic point of view, on the basis of the impoliteness theory. This study will make parents and adolescents’ mutual direct oppositional response strategies as a starting point, and select the TV play A Love for Separation as a discourse corpus to carry out a qualitative research about the parent-child relationship.

This study mainly sums up what the impoliteness mode is between parents and adolescents, classifies direct oppositional response strategy based on the face threat, and brings forward what are the different pragmatic functions of different response strategies. 

Through the analysis we can have a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of conflict talk, which is conducive to the promotion of mutual understanding between parents and adolescents, even all kinds of interpersonal relationships. This study is of significance to decrease and avoid the conflicts in daily life, in order to construct a harmonious family and society.

Key words: conflict talk; Impoliteness Theory; direct oppositional response strategy; parent-child relationship; A Love for Separation

Contents

Abstract i

摘 要 ii

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

2.1 The Definition of Conflict Talk 2

2.2 The Relevant Studies of Conflict Talk 3

2.3 Studies on Conflict Talk between Parents and Adolescents 5

3. Theoretical Foundations and Methods 6

3.1 Bousfield’s Impoliteness Theory 6

3.1.1 Bousfield’s Impoliteness Output Strategies 7

3.1.2 Bousfield’s Framwork of Response Options 7

3.2 Research Questions 8

3.3 Data Collection and Data Analysis 9

3.3.1 Data Collections 9

3.3.2 Data Analysis 9

3.4 Summary 10

4. Analysis of Conflict Talk Between Parents and Adolescents 11

4.1 The Realization of Impoliteness Strategy 11

4.1.1 Denial 12

4.1.2 Judgment 12

4.1.3 Command and Prohibition 12

4.1.4 Criticism and Blame 13

4.2 Direct Opposition to the Response Strategy 13

4.2.1 Persistence 14

4.2.2 Counter-criticism 14

4.2.3 Confrontation 15

4.2.4 Interpretative Statement 15

4.2.5 Tactful Denial 16

4.2.6 Persuasion 16

4.2.7 Summary 16

4.3 Pragmatic Functions of Direct Opposition to the Response Strategy 17

4.3.1 Pragmatic Functions Tough Direct Opposition 17

4.3.2 Pragmatic Functions of Mitigative Direct Opposition 18

5. Conclusion 19

5.1 The Major Discoveries of the Study 19

5.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study 20

Bibliography 21

Acknowledgements 21