摘要

冲突性话语是一种普遍而又复杂的语言现象，且频繁地发生在人们的日常交际中。很多言语行为和言语事件都属于冲突性话语的范畴，如争论，争吵，辩论，反对，分歧等。国内外的学者较早就开始关注冲突性话语，从很多角度对这一语言现象展开了研究，并取得了一定的研究成果。但是从目前的文献来看，选取中文剧本夫妻间冲突性话语作为语料的研究较少。因此，本文以《中国式离婚》中夫妻间冲突性话语为语料来源，基于语言顺应论，从物理世界、社交世界、心理世界的顺应三个维度探究了夫妻间冲突性话语产生的原因。

关键词:  夫妻间冲突性话语  语言顺应论  《中国式离婚》  原因

Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Research Background 1

1.2 Significance of the Study 1

1.3 Structure of the Thesis 2

2 Literature Review 3

2.1 Definition of Conflict Talk 3

2.2　  Conversational Analysis of conflict talk 3

2.3　  Studies of conflict talk from the perspective of Memetics 4

2.4　  Studies of conflict talk from the perspective of Relevance Theory 5

2.5　  Studies of conflict talk from the perspective of Linguistic Adaptation Theory 5

3 Theoretical Framework 8

3.1 An introduction to Linguistic Adaptation Theory 8

3.2 Adaptation to Physical world 8

3.3 Adaptation to Social world 9

3.4 Adaptation to Mental world 9

4 Methodology 10

4.1 Research Questions 10

4.2 Data Collection 10

4.3 Data Analysis 11

5 The causes of Conflict Talk between Couples from Linguistic Adaptation Theory 12

5.1 Failure to adapt to the physical world 12

5.1.1　   Failure to adapt to the time reference 13

5.1.2　   Failure to adapt to the spatial reference 13

5.1.3　   Failure to adapt to the non-verbal factors 14

5.2    Failure to adapt to the social world 15

5.2.1　   Failure to adapt to the value factors 16

5.2.2　   Failure to adapt to the social environment 17

5.2.3　   Failure to adapt to the social norms 18

5.3 Failure to adapt to the mental world 19

5.3.1　   Failure to adapt to cognition 19

5.3.2　   Failure to adapt to emotion 20

5.3.3　   Failure to adapt to intention 21

5.3.4　   Failure to adapt to wish 22

5.4 Summary 23

6 Conclusion 23

6.1 Main findings 24

6.2 Limitation of the study 25

Acknowledgements 26

References 27