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Based On Relevance Theory To Study The Discourse Markers Of Lao She’s Dramatic Works

Posted on:2013-07-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:N SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374455215Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Discourse markers are language fragment of intentional and have to insert the middle ofdiscourse, means that speakers express subjective awareness in order to meet specificcommunication needs and objectives, including emotion, attitudes, viewpoints wills,to acertain thing. Judging from the sentence structure, they seem to be redundant,but from thediscourse construction and words to express they are also indispensable. At the same time itis seeking an important basis for the relevance process, which means that it is connected tothe words and contextual assumptions or the relationship between discourse andcontext.However, the traditional concept of context has its limitations, that is neitheraccurately explain the process of pragmatic inference, nor reflect the process ofcommunication, the hearer, the speaker’s cognitive psychology. Moreover, this limitation inthe Relevance Theory has been improved.Relevance Theory consider that the discoursemarkers are evidence in the cognitive context of cognitive psychology, simultaneously haverestricted functions to cognitive context in pragmatics,which imply it seek optimal relevancein the process of communication.There are a lot of discourse markers in Lao She’s dramaticworks The main language of Lao She dramatic works typical discourse markers functions andtheir distribution, and then explain the function of these discourse markers can not be replacedby other words composition.Discourse markers can infer the speaker’s true intent in thediscourse pragmatics.The context of the discourse markers tagging feature is mainly reflectedin the interpretation of the context, to guide and constrain the three areas.
Keywords/Search Tags:Discourse Markers, Relevance Theory, Pragmatic Functions, Lao She’s dramaticworks
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