《雾都孤儿》中会话含义的顺应性分析_英语论文

An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in Oliver Twist Based on  Adaptation Theory

摘要

对《雾都孤儿》已有的研究，主要从人物形象、主题、写作手法以及语言分析等方面展开，从语用学角度分析小说中的会话含义的研究不多。本论文基于顺应论，对《雾都孤儿》中不同类别的会话含义进行了研究。研究表明，小说中的会话含义也是一种动态的语言选择。一般会话含义可以通过顺应语言结构来解读，是语言内的顺应；特殊会话含义的解读主要基于语境，是顺应交际双方物理世界、精神世界和社会世界的结果。本研究拓展了顺应论的应用范围，为文学作品中人物语言的研究提供了一个新视角；同时有助于读者更好地理解小说中的语言现象，也为语言学和文学教学提供了新的方法。

关键词：《雾都孤儿》；特殊会话含义；一般会话含义；语境顺应；结构顺应

Abstract

Previous researches on Oliver Twist were mainly conducted from such aspects as characters, theme, writing techniques and language analysis, few have done researches on conversational implicature from the perspective of pragmatics. Based on Adaptation Theory, the thesis makes research on different kinds of conversational implicature in the fiction. It is suggested that conversational implicature is also a dynamic process of choice of language. Generalized conversational implicature can be explained through structural adaptation, which is the intralinguistic adaptation; while the explanation of particular conversational implicature is mainly based on the context, which is the result of adapting to the physical, mental and social world of the bilateral communicators. This research expands the application range of Adaptation Theory, and provides a new perspective for the study of characters’ language of literary works; meanwhile, it also can help readers have a better understanding of the language phenomenon in Oliver Twist and provide new methods for Linguistics and literature teaching.

Keywords: Oliver Twist  particularized conversational implicature  generalized conversational implicature  contextual adaptation  structural adaptation