从顺应论的视角分析商务英语信函中的语用失误

论文摘要

信函往来是商务交流中不可缺少的组成部分,在日常商务活动中起着举足轻重的作用。有效的商务英语信函写作是促进交际双方达成预期交际目的关键。然而,商务英语信函中语言的运用效果直接影响着商务交流的成败。本文通过分析商务英语信函中的语用失误现象,从顺应理论的角度分析语用失误的成因,并在此基础上提出减少语用失误产生的措施。首先,作者在收集整理大量商务英语信函的基础上,对大学一年级,二年级学生和三年级学生的商务英语写作情况进行调研,验证了语言能力强的语言学习者也未必拥有较强的语用能力,在语言学习中,大部分学生存在着较严重的语用失误问题。为进一步分析导致商务英语信函语用失误的原因,作者以顺应论为理论支撑,从语言选择与语境顺应的视角来研究语用失误,借助交际语境的概念,从交际语境的诸因素:心理世界,社交世界,物理世界,以及语言本身出发,根据不同语境下商务英语信函写作的不同特点,论证了引起语用失误的主要原因是写信人的语言选择与读信人的心理世界,社交世界,物理世界未能达成有效顺应。最后作者得出结论,在具体的商务英语信函写作过程中,交际双方一方面要了解商务英语信函的语言特点,一方面要根据不同信函的写作要求选择顺应各种交际语境因素的语言,从而实现交际目的。在交际过程中,忽视语言与各种语境因素的顺应是造成语用失误的主要原因。因此,遵循语言顺应论是商务英语信函写作中避免语用失误的一种有效策略。最后,作者从语言使用者和外语教学的角度提出了加强学生语用能力培养,减少语用失误的措施。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 The Background of the Study
• 1.2 The Significance of the Study
• 1.3 The Structure of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Pragmatic Failure and the Adaptation Theory
• 2.1 Pragmatic Failure
• 2.1.1 Definition of Pragmatic Failure
• 2.1.2 Classification of Pragmatic Failure
• 2.1.3 Previous Research on Pragmatic Failure
• 2.1.4 The Study of Pragmatic Failure in the Thesis
• 2.2 Adaptation Theory
• 2.2.1 A New Perspective on Linguistic Pragmatics
• 2.2.2 Making Linguistic Choices
• 2.2.3 Three Properties of Language
• 2.2.4 Four Angles of Pragmatic Study
• Chapter 3 The Analysis of Pragmatic Failure in Business English Letters
• 3.1 Linguistic Reality of Business English Letters
• 3.1.1 The Definition and Nature of Business English Letters
• 3.1.2 Basic Principles for Business English Letter Writing
• 3.1.3 Classifications of Business English Letters
• 3.2 Pragmatic Failure in Business English Letters
• 3.2.1 Failure to Make Adaptation to Linguistic Context
• 3.2.1.1 Failure to Make Adaptation to the Lexicon of Business English Letters
• 3.2.1.2 Failure to Make Adaptation to the Syntax of Business English Letters
• 3.2.1.3 Failure to Make Adaptation to the Discourse of Business English Letters
• 3.2.2 Failure to Make Adaptation to Communicative Context
• 3.2.2.1 Failure to Make Adaptation to the reader's Mental World
• 3.2.2.2 Failure to Make Adaptation to the reader's Social World
• 3.2.2.3 Failure to Make Adaptation to the reader's Physical World
• Chapter 4 Measures to Reduce Pragmatic Failure
• 4.1The Cultivation of the Pragmatic Competence
• 4.2 The Training of the Pragmatic Strategies
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Overall Review of the Study
• 5.2 Limitations of the Study
• Works Cited
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements