摘要
本文基于对2005年7月20日英国议会的首相质询(PMQ)的个案研究探讨模糊限制语在英国议会辩论中的类型和功能.文章按照Prince等的理论将语料中的模糊限制语分为四类:程度变动语、范围变动语、直接缓和语和间接缓和语,并结合辩论者在具体语境中的角色分析了这些模糊限制语的五大功能:填补信息空白、显示客观性、维持负面面子、增加自身的可信度以及置疑对手的可信度.研究证明,在英国议会辩论中,模糊限制语的使用对辩论者来说至关重要.
This paper explores the categories and functions of hedges in British Parliament debates based on a case study of the Prime Minister's Question Time(PMQ) on July 20,2005.It categories hedges in the data into four types-adaptors,rounders,plausibility shields,and attribution shields based on Prince's taxonomy of hedges,and analyzes five major communicative functions of these hedges — filling information gaps,showing objectivity,maintaining negative politeness,enhancing the credibility of the speaker' argument and challenging the opponent's credibility with consideration of the roles that debaters play in the context. The study shows that hedging has a considerable significance to debaters in British Parliament debates.
出处
《山东外语教学》
2005年第6期106-109,共4页
Shandong Foreign Language Teaching
