网络论坛交际中身份建构的语用研究_英语论文

An Adaptationist Pragmatic Study on Identity Construction in Chinese BBS 

摘要

近年来，随着互联网的迅速普及，全球范围内的机助交际（Computer-Mediated Communication，简称CMC）现象日益频繁，网络论坛、微博、博客等已成为其重要的形式。与此同时，CMC中的语用现象也受到全球学者的普遍关注。

同日常交际一样，CMC也存在着语境互动性，因此，在不同的语境中交际双方的身份构建也会出现动态的变化，基于近年来学者对身份建构的研究，关于身份的理论已经从一成不变的本质论发展到了动态的建构论，身份不再是一个自然的、固定的概念，而是根据交际的需要，出现动态的身份转换。本研究以网络论坛交际为语料，考察楼主在论坛发帖回复等行为中所构建的不同语用身份，并从语言顺应论的角度分析其语用身份如何进行商讨性运作，顺应交际的需要，从而实现交际目的。

关键词: 身份建构 机助交际 汉语网络论坛 语言顺应论

Abstract

In recent years, with the development of Internet, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) worldwide is gaining its growing popularity, including Bulletin Board System(BBS), Weibo, Blog. At the same time, scholars are paying more attention to the pragmatic phenomena in CMC.

Like daily conversation, CMC is also concerned with and dependent on contexts. Hence, communicators involved in CMC under different circumstances will construct different identities. According to recent studies about identity construction, theory of identity has evolved from fixed Essentialism to dynamic Constructionism. Identity is no longer pre-set, unidirectional; instead, it will change in communication based on communicative needs. The study attempts to investigate what pragmatic identities are constructed by posters in BBS in posting and replying. Moreover, based on Verschueren’s Linguistic Adaptation Theory, it intended to analyze how these pragmatic identities are negotiated in order to suit communicative needs and achieve communicative goals.

Keywords:  identity construction  computer-mediated communication  Chinese BBS  linguistic adaptation theory

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Significance of the Study 2

1.3 Structure of the Thesis 2

2 Literature Review 3

2.1 Identity & Identity Construction 3

2.1.1　   Definition of Identity and Identity Construction 3

2.1.2　   Previous Studies on Identity Construction 5

2.1.3　   Previous Studies on Identity Construction in CMC Communication 5

2.1.4　   Summary 8

2.2　  Research 9

2.3　  Data Collection and Analysis 9

3 Theoratical Framework: Linguistic Adaptation Theory 9

3.1 Main Concepts of Linguistic Adaptation Theory 9

3.2 Contextual Factors in Linguistic Adaptation Theory 10

4 Identity Construction in Chinese BBS Posts 11

4.1 Variability of Pragmatic Identities Constructed by BBS Posters 11

4.1.1     Prompter 11

4.1.2     Involver 12

4.2 Negotiability of Pragmatic Identity Construction in BBS Posters 13

4.2.1     Adaptation to Social Factors 14

4.2.2     Adaptation to Mental Factors 16

Conclusion 19

Acknowledgements 20

References 21