Pragmatic Analysis on the Conflict Talks in Modern Family_英语论文

摘要

冲突话语即发生在双方或多方之间的一种有敌对性质的交际行为。本文将试图从语用学角度上去分析发生在家庭成员之间的冲突话语。本文将结合会话分析理论，对美国情景喜剧《摩登家庭》中家庭成员之间的话语冲突进行分析。希望本文的研究可以使这个语言学现象更加可理解和富有逻辑性。通过了解冲突话语的形成原因和表现模式，读者在解决家庭成员之间的冲突话语时可以更游刃有余，避免矛盾冲突，构建和谐的家庭居住环境。

关键词：冲突话语；会话分析；《摩登家园》；语用学

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Conflict Talk 1

1.2 About Modern Family 2

1.3 Conversation Analysis 3

1.3.1 Turn-taking Structure 4

1.3.2 Adjacency Pairs 4

1.3.3 Preference Organization 5

1.3.4 Transcription Convention 6

2. The Initiation Stage 7

2.1 Counterclaim 8

2.2 Opposing Question 9

2.3 Contradiction 11

3. The Maintenance or Escalation Stage 12

3.1 Non-obedience Format 13

3.2 Argumentative Format 14

3.2.1 Declarative Negation Structure 14

3.2.2 Rhetorical Question Structure 16

3.2.3 Explanation 17

4. The Termination Stage 19

4.1 Third-party Intervention 19

4.2 Concession and Compromise 21

4.3 One Party Leaving 22

5. Conclusion 23

References 25