关联理论视角下英语基本颜色形容词的语用充实研究

摘要

基本颜色词表示的是最基本的颜色概念，是颜色词整个系统构建的基础。其词义的模糊性和多变性，一直备受语言学家的关注。词汇语用学专注于来解释一些词汇语义学无法解决地问题和现象，比如词汇阻塞现象、形容词语用现象和一词多义现象等。
　　前人从历时研究角度、对比研究角度等，对基本颜色词的语法、修辞、语义表达、语义结构和文化内涵等方面进行了相关的研究和探索。前人的大量研究，成果颇丰，为我们对英语基本颜色形容词进行认知研究提供了重要基础。
　　本文拟在前人的研究基础上，运用关联理论，结合对语用充实的分析，通过文献归纳、内省和演绎推理为主的方法，以英语基本颜色形容词(white，black，red，green，yellow and blue)作为研究对象，分析其语用充实，并构建一个认知模型来阐释其语用充实的过程。
　　本文的研究问题有三:
　　1）基本颜色形容词语用充实的过程及其特征是什么？
　　2）在关联理论的视角下，基本颜色形容词语用充实的运作机制是什么？
　　本文的研究结论主要有:
　　1）本文以相关的认知理论为基础，结合大量的数据和句例，确定了六个英语基本颜色形容词的原型意义;
　　2）本文运用关联理论，对英语基本颜色形容词的语用充实进行了比较系统地分析后，构建了一个认知模型来阐释其语用充实过程。
　　本文的研究意义有:
　　1）理论上，从认知的角度来阐释基本颜色形容词的语用收缩和语用扩充过程，对英语基本颜色形容词的语义变化进行较为系统的解释;
　　2）实践上，本研究能帮助人们获取最省力的认知途径，获得交际信息的最佳关联，关注词义的发展变化，对英语基本颜色形容词的外语教学和翻译具有指导作用。

目录

Abstract

摘要

Contents

Introduction

0．1 Classification of Basic Color Adjectives

0．2 Research Questions of the Study

0．3 Research Method of the Study

0．4 Significance of the Study

0．5 Layout of the Study

Chapter One Literature Review

1．1 Previous Studies of English Basic Color Adjectives

1．1．1 Studies Abroad

1．1．2 Studies At home

1．2 Previous Studies of Lexical Pragmatic Enrichment

1．2．1 Study of Pragmatic Narrowing

1．2．2 Study of Pragmatic Broadening

1．2．3 Relevance-Theoretic Study of Lexical Pragmatic Enrichment

Chapter Two Theoretical Framework

2．1 Lexical Pragmatics

2．2 Relevance Theory

2．2．1 Optimizing Relevance：Communicative Principle of Relevance

2．2．2 Choice of Contexts in Relevance Theory

2．2．3 Relevance Theory and the Ostensive-Inferential Model of Communication

2．3 The Relationship between Lexical Pragmatics and Relevance Theory

2．4 The Principled Polysemy approach

Chapter Three Processes and Characteristics of Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

3．1 The Prototypical Meaning of English Basic Color Adjectives

3．1．1 The Prototypical Meaning of Black and White

3．1．2 The Prototypical Meaning of Red and Green

3．1．3 The Prototypical Meaning of Yellow and Blue

3．2 The Processes of Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

3．2．1 Pragmatic Narrowing of English Basic Color Adjectives

3．2．2 Pragmatic Broadening of English Basic Color Adjectives

3．3 The Characteristics of Pragmatic Enrichment of Basic Color Adjectives

3．3．1 Non-compositionality

3．3．2 Non-representationaliy

3．3．3 Cultural Diversity

Chapter Four Mechanisms of Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives Based on Relevance Theory

4．1 Cognitive Context for Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

4．1．1 Cognitive Context

4．1．2 Contextual Effect

4．2 Optimal Relevance for Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

4．2．1 Choice of Optimal Relevance

4．2．2 Optimal Relevance and Formation of Pragmatic Triggers

4．3 Ostensive-inference for Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

4．3．1 The Choice of Ostensive Stimulus

4．3．2 Pragmatic Inference

4．4 The Construction of Cognitive Model on Pragmatic Enrichment of English Basic Color Adjectives

Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

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