Pragmatical Analysis On Wen Xin Diao Long's Concept Of Speech & Intention

Liu Xie's opinion on speech & intention in WEN XIN DIAO LONG was complexing, his anlage was "speech can express one's intention adequately", nevertheless ,he had some saying of "speech cann't express one's intention adequately". In order to solve the problem of "speech cann't express one's intention adequately", Liu Xie put out a device "meaning accrues outside the passage", he advocated the writers displayed their intention outside the passage by the way of rhetoric or forming images.This article analyzes WEN XIN DIAO LONG's concept on Speech & Intention from the aspect of Pragmatics. In order to analyze "speech can express one's intention adequately", "speech cann't express one's intention adequately", and "meaning accrues outside the passage", we should identify four key words: "speech" "passage" "intention" and "meaning". "Speech" "passage" are the exertion of language, referring to the literary language in works; "intention" refers to writers' intention, means the writers' purpose of writing; and "meaning" is significance created both by writers' intention and readers' comprehension, not purely writers' purpose."Speech can express one's intention adequately" and "speech cann't express one's intention adequately" were the generalization of two hackneyed phenomenons in writing practices. "Speech can express one's intention adequately" pointted to this circumstance: the speech the writers used can expressed the writers' intention adequately, meant the literal sense of the speech in literature accorded with writers' intention from the aspect of Pragmatics; and "speech cann't express one's intention adequately" pointted to this circumstance: the speech the writers used cann't expressed the writers' intention adequately, meant the literal sense of the speech in literature didn't accord with writers'intention from the aspect of Pragmatics."Meaning accrues outside the passage" was Liu Xie's device on the problem "speech cann't express one's intention adequately", advocated the writers displayed their intention outside the passage. Whereas the "meaning" accrued outside the passage was not only the embodiment of writers' intention, but also contained readers' comprehension. This view on meaning accorded with the meaning discussed by George Yule in Pragmatics. In order to make themselves understood adequately, writers adopted the way of rhetoric or forming images, made the words full of "illocutionary force", led the readers' attention to the outside world of the passage, intending to communicate with readers outside the passage. However, it was possible that readers couldn't catch the original intention of writers due to some factors, such as the ability of comprehending, experiences of life, etc. There was circumstance that...