连贯是一个语言哲学问题——四十年连贯研究的反思

发布时间：2018-08-10 22:13

【摘要】：如果从Winterowd《连贯的语法》一文算起,那么国内外连贯研究已经有四十年的历史了。四十年来,连贯研究出现了语言形式研究、语用推理研究、功能语法研究和认知心理研究等四类方法。而且,这四类方法有一个共同的预设:连贯是篇章语言学的一个规则性概念。围绕这一预设的连贯研究,尽管成果丰硕,但始终未能解决连贯的理论化问题。究其原因,现有的连贯研究虽然认识到了"有衔接而无连贯"这一"恩克维斯特问题",但未能清算该问题彰显出的认识论的"范畴错误"。在语言哲学视域下,连贯问题其实是一个语言哲学问题;连贯不是规则性概念而是规范性概念。因此,四十年后的连贯研究应该再进一步:应该开启连贯的语言哲学研究,从而探索乃至解决连贯的理论化问题。
[Abstract]:If we start with Winterowd coherence Grammar, coherence studies at home and abroad have a history of 40 years. In the past 40 years, there have been four approaches to coherence research, including linguistic form, pragmatic inference, functional grammar and cognitive psychology. Moreover, the four methods have a common presupposition: coherence is a regular concept in textual linguistics. Although the research on coherence around this presupposition has been fruitful, it has never solved the theoretical problem of coherence. The reason is that although the existing coherence studies recognize the "Erkvester problem" of "cohesion without coherence", it fails to resolve the epistemological "categorical errors" revealed by this problem. From the perspective of linguistic philosophy, coherence is actually a linguistic philosophical problem; coherence is not a regular concept but a normative one. Therefore, the study of coherence after forty years should be further: the study of coherence in linguistic philosophy should be opened to explore and even solve the theoretical problem of coherence.
【作者单位】：西南大学外国语学院;美国伊利诺伊大学哲学系;
【基金】：2010年美国Freeman Fellows Program“语言哲学观对比研究”资助,项目编号:N00072874532 教育部人文社科研究项目“中国大学生英语学习的摹因结构的实验研究”的相关成果,项目编号:09YJA740091
【分类号】：H04

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