【作者】 刘龙；

【导师】 叶慧君；

【作者基本信息】 河北大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2011， 硕士

【摘要】 连贯是语篇分析中最复杂和最重要的内容之一,它涉及到语言形式、语义、语用和认知等多方面的因素。因此语言学家分别从衔接手段、主位结构、语用和认知等不同的角度关注连贯问题。但是以前的研究通常侧重某一方面而忽视其他方面,未能对连贯做出一个统一的阐释。连贯是一个多维度的概念,需要从多层面和多角度进行全方位研究。本文针对连贯研究存在的问题,在相关认知原则的基础上,运用王寅教授提出的“事件域认知模型(ECM)”理论对语篇连贯性进行多维度分析——从语篇的内部机制(即语言形式结构)到语篇的外部机制(即认知、心理和社会文化等外部因素)。目前,ECM并未得到广泛的运用,与此相关的文献也不多,而且基本上都是在词汇和句法层面上进行的,王寅教授也是更多关注ECM框架内的词义变化、词性转换和事体命名等,虽然他提到ECM可以用于语篇分析,但并未具体阐明如何利用ECM分析语篇。本文尝试填补这一空白,将ECM模型运用于语篇连贯,目的是在一个认知模型框架内为语篇连贯问题提供一个较为全面统一的解释,这既符合认知语言学研究的目标(用少数几种认知模型对语言各层面提供一个统一的解释),也与语篇连贯的特点和人们的认知规律保持一致。本研究既可以发展ECM理论,也能够为语篇连贯的应用研究提供一些有价值的参考。本文在文献综述部分回顾了语篇的定义、衔接与连贯的关系、连贯所需的内、外部条件以及连贯的主要研究方法(即语言形式法、语用学方法和认知语言学方法),并指出语篇连贯多维度研究的必要性。然后设专章介绍了ECM理论框架。论文的核心部分具体阐述如何运用ECM从多维度解释语篇连贯。首先,在ECM框架内阐释诸如衔接、主位结构和话题统领等语篇形式手段对连贯的重要作用,即ECM框架内语篇内部机制的运作。其次,论证认知、心理,情景语境和社会文化等外部因素在很大程度上制约着语篇连贯,论文分别阐述了ECM的完型性、典型性、突显性、关联性、转喻性和隐喻性等认知原则与连贯的关系,同时也考虑诸如社会文化背景和个人认知心理等其他因素对实现语篇连贯的制约作用。最后本文得出结论,ECM可以为语篇连贯提供一个较为全面统一的解释框架。更多还原

【Abstract】 Coherence, as one of the most important and complicated subjects in text analysis, involves many aspects of language such as formal, semantic, pragmatic and cognitive factors, etc., so linguists concern this issue from different perspectives like cohesive devices, theme structure, pragmatics and cognition. The previous studies which usually give more emphasis to one aspect without concerning others, however, fail to provide a consistent interpretation for textual coherence. Therefore, coherence, as a multidimensional concept, should be explored in a comprehensive way, at multiple levels and from different perspectives. This thesis, based on the previous studies of coherence and the relevant cognitive principles, by using“Event-domain Cognitive Model (ECM)”developed by Wang Yin, a famous cognitive linguist in China, carries out a multidimensional study of textual coherence from the inner mechanism of text, i.e. linguistic-formal structure, and the outer mechanism of text, i.e. extra-linguistic factors such as cognition, psychology and social culture, etc.Currently, ECM theory has not been widely used, and there haven’t appeared many relevant literatures. Most of them merely focus on the lexical level; even Professor Wang Yin concerns more about conversion of word class, variation of word meaning and denomination of Beings, etc., rather than provide a detailed account of how text analysis is carried out within the framework of ECM. In order to complete the overall picture, this thesis applies ECM model to textual coherence for the purpose of providing a relatively comprehensive and consistent explanation for coherence within one cognitive model, which is consistent with the objective of cognitive linguistics, i.e. several cognitive models are adopted to provide a unified explanation for all levels of language, as well as accords with the characteristics of coherence and human normal cognitive rules. It is expected that this study should not only develop ECM theory, but offer a valuable reference for the research on textual coherence.In the chapter of literature review, the thesis makes an overview of textual coherence research, where the conditions for coherence are defined and the major approaches to coherence, i.e. linguistic-formal approach, pragmatic approach and cognitive approach, are briefly introduced. From the overview we can find it necessary to conduct a multidimensional study of textual coherence. And then the theoretical framework of the thesis is set up. The central part of the thesis gives specific accounts of how textual coherence is realized within the framework of ECM. Firstly, the linguistic-formal means like cohesive devices, theme structure and topic within ECM and their contributions to coherence are specifically discussed. Secondly, extra-linguistic factors like cognition, psychology and social culture, etc. play crucial parts in the creation of coherence, so the thesis profoundly explores the relationship between the main cognitive principles of ECM (gestalt, typicality, salience, interrelation, metonymy and metaphor) and textual coherence, as well as takes into account other factors like socio-cultural background and individual cognitive psychology that may affect the realization of coherence. Finally, the thesis draws a conclusion that ECM can offer a multidimensional analysis of textual coherence.更多还原