《话语分析》书评.pptVIP

* * What is discourse analysis? According to this book: the analysis of language in use. a pragmatic approach to DA The discourse analyst has to consider context. The important definition Discourse Analysis by Gillian Brown George Yule This book introduces the different approaches to discourse analysis . This book can help learners have a comprehensive view about this subject. The corpora included in this book covers recording, notice, letter, novel and newspaper articles. my view: It is not that difficult to understand because it deals with the basic concepts, the common approaches, but efforts are still needed in order to fully understand it. General impression about the book How to interpret discourse? Readers can base their interpretation of the writer’s intended meaning on: 1 local interpretation and general features of context discussed in Chapter 2, 2 the regularities of discourse structure outlined in Chapter 3 and 4, 3 the regular features of information structure organization detailed in Chapter5, 4 reference, coherence in Chapter67. Chapter 1: introduction 2 functions of language: transactional(信息性)和interactional(互动性) transactional 用来表达命题和传达信息，interactional 用于建立和维持社会关系。 the difference between spoken discourse and the written one the difference between sentence and utterance The structure of the book Chapter 1 基本概念 Chapter 2 话语分析中的语境 1理解语境的基本方法：reference, presupposition, implicature and inference. 2情境语境的特征： Hymes的分类： addressor and addressee, topic, setting, channel(如语言，击鼓，鸣号，摇旗), code（语码，如用了什么样的语言、方言或使用了什么样的语体风格, message-form， （交际形式，如聊天、辩论、布道、十四行诗情书等）and event（事件） 3可以帮助理解话语情境的两个原则：local interpretation principle（就近原则） analogy principle（类比原则） e.g. The baby cried. The mommy picked it up. Analogy principle: If the analyst has experienced a lot data of a particular kind, he will feel more confident in his interpretation because he can make a comparison. Chapter 3 话题与话语内容的表现 1 In this chapter the author tries to explore som