《美国女儿》中女主人公的会话含义研究

发布时间：2018-03-30 07:26

本文选题：会话含义　切入点：合作原则　出处：《江苏大学》2017年硕士论文

【摘要】：《美国女儿》是温迪·瓦瑟斯坦在上世纪创作的最后一部女性主义戏剧作品,揭示了剧中女主人公在男权政治思想盛行的美国如何突破重重阻力努力获取政治权力并重塑自我身份的艰难历程。而它的语言犀利、生动、幽默,意蕴丰富,因此语言学研究的好题材。本论文运用会话含义理论研究女主人公的语用策略。本论文结合定性和定量的研究方法对《美国女儿》中的女主人公Lyssa与其他人物之间的对话进行分析,呈现并分析了Lyssa的语用策略的使用情况。本论文的研究问题如下:《美国女儿》中Lyssa是如何通过违反合作原则而传达其话语的隐含意义的?其话语的会话含义揭示了Lyssa与其他人物怎样的关系?Lyssa的语用策略的使用产生了什么功能?研究结果表明:1).一般情况下,Lyssa倾向于违反相关准则和质量准则而制造会话含义,但对于Timber,则主要是违反方式准则来制造会话含义。在违反合作原则的情况下,Lyssa使用最多的间接礼貌策略是“提供暗示”,对丈夫Walter的话语最多因此运用的策略也是最丰富;此外,此外,对Walter善用“省略”,对Quincy善用“反讽”,对Judith善用“过度概化”,对Timber善用“模糊”,其余一些策略的使用没有发现明显的特点。2).Lyssa对不同的人物使用的各种语用策略反映了Lyssa与其他人物(Walter,Quincy,Alan,Judith and Timber)不同的人物关系,与Walter的关系最密切也最复杂,与Quincy很对立,与Judith是互相支撑,与Alan是理解与信任,与Timber的关系比较特殊(被采访者与采访者)因为她特别需要维护Timber的面子同时又要保护好自己的面子。3).这些语用策略的使用表明了女主人公Lyssa在困境中不同的诉求,升华了戏剧的主题。不仅如此,一些语用策略特别是“Irony”策略制造了诙谐幽默的效果。
[Abstract]:Daughter of America is Wendy Wasserstein's last feminist drama in the last century. It reveals how the heroine in the United States, where patriarchal political thought is prevalent, breaks through many obstacles in trying to gain political power and reshape her identity. Its language is sharp, vivid, humorous, and rich in meaning. This thesis uses conversational implicature theory to study the heroine's pragmatic strategies. This thesis combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to study the heroine Lyssa and other characters in American daughter. To analyze the dialogue, This paper presents and analyzes the use of Lyssa's pragmatic strategies. The research questions in this thesis are as follows: how does Lyssa convey the implied meaning of his utterance by violating the principle of cooperation? The conversational implicature of his discourse reveals the relationship between Lyssa and other characters. What are the functions of the use of Lyssa's pragmatic strategies? The results show that in general Lyssa tends to create conversational implicature in violation of relevant and quality criteria. In the case of Timber, however, it is mainly a violation of the rules of manner to create conversational implicature. The most common indirect politeness strategy used by Lyssa in the case of violation of the principle of cooperation is "providing hint," and the most frequently used strategy for Walter's words is that of the husband; in addition, In addition, The use of "ellipsis" for Walter, "irony" for Quincy, "overgeneralization" for Judith and "ambiguity" for Timber. The use of other strategies does not reveal any obvious features of the pragmatic strategies used by different characters. A different relationship between Lyssa and the other characters, Walter Quincyon and Judith and Timber. It's the closest and most complex relationship with Walter, it's opposed to Quincy, it's mutually supportive with Judith, it's understanding and trust with Alan. The relationship with Timber is quite special (interviewees and interviewees) because of her special need to preserve Timber's face and protect her face. The use of these pragmatic strategies shows the heroine Lyssa's different demands in the predicament. Moreover, some pragmatic strategies, especially "Irony", produce humorous effects.
【学位授予单位】：江苏大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2017
【分类号】：H313

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