A Comparative Study Of English And Chinese Repair From The Perspective Of Interactional Linguistics

“Repair” is a process in which the communicator corrects,supplements,or replaces the troubles in expression,recognition and understanding that hinder communication occur in an interactive communication.There are many similar or different lexical and syntactic devices in English and Chinese repair.In view of the lack of comparative perspective and theoretical framework in previous studies,we make systematic study and case studies of English and Chinese“Repair”.In systematic study,this thesis analyzes the trouble,initiation strategy and outcome of Repair from the perspective of syntactics,semantics and pragmatics,and classifies Repair in English and Chinese.In case studies,we choose three typical and understudied Repair initiation and outcome forms:First,a comparative study of the most equivalent Repair initiation forms“shenmejiao X”(什么叫X)and“what do you mean X”;The second is a case study of“(X)yinggaishuo”((X)应该说)in Chinese Repair outcome structure;The third is a multi-dimensional study of the merit-based Repair construction“yuqishuo A,burushuo B”(与其说A,不如说B)and its English translations.Through systematic comprehensive analysis and detailed case study,we hope to fill the gap in academic research and provide a new perspective,theoretical framework and research ideas for the cross-linguistic study of Repair,it provides reference for translation,Second Language Acquisition,and compilation of English-Chinese dictionaries.The thesis is divided into seven parts:The first part is the introduction,which includes the meaning of the topic,research fruits of the topic,the definition of terms,research methods and corpus sources.By comparing the content and quantity of the domestic and foreign studies on Repair,we find the lack of interactive,comparative and typological perspective of innovation in the domestic research.We sort out and define the related terms of“Repair”,clarify the research object of this thesis,and point out the research method and innovation value.The second part is the body,which is divided into five chapters:Chapter one: A systematic analysis of English and Chinese Repair.We systematically describe the trouble,initiation strategy and outcome of Repair,from the perspective of Interactional Linguistics,this thesis divides the trouble of repair into speaker expression trouble,listener recognition trouble and listener understanding trouble,and discusses the self-initiation strategy and other-initiation strategy of English and Chinese Repair respectively.We analyze the information location distribution and grammatical form of the Repair outcome with the concept of“Theme-Rheme”proposed by Mathesius(1929).Chapter two: The classification of English and Chinese Repair.On the basis of previous studies,we supplement and improve the classification of English and Chinese repair.We divide Repair into Semantic Repair and Metalinguistic Repair.Semantic Repair is the correction of propositions on the aspect of object-language,such as Cause Repair,Purpose Repair,Time Repair,Place Repair,State Repair.Metalinguistic Repair includes Error Repair and Appropriateness Repair.Error Repair is the correction of phonetic,lexical and grammatical errors;Appropriateness Repair includes Profundity Repair,Accuracy Repair,Identification Repair,Politeness Repair,Interest Repair,Intention Repair,Completeness Repair,and Scalar Repair,which is constructed for a more appropriate and harmonious communication process.Chapter three:A comparative study of“shenmejiao X”(什么叫X)and“what do you mean X”.Since“shenmejiao X”(什么叫X)and“what do you mean X”are highly equivariant in parallel corpora,we quantify the difference in the distribution of in-turn positions between them.Using Repair Initiation typology framework(Dingemanse et al.2014)and the Speech Action Ladder(Clark&Schaefer 1987),we compare the initiation factors and repair types projected by“shenmejiao X”(什么叫X)and“what do you mean X”.Chapter four:A case study of“(X)yinggaishuo”((X)应该说)in Chinese Repair outcome structure.There are few case studies on Repair in China,and there is lack of in-depth research on“(X)yinggaishuo”((X)应该说)from the perspective of Interactional Linguistics.In view of this,we statistically analyze the“(X)yinggaishuo”((X)应该说)sequence position and the repair pattern,draw the conclusion of the use tendency,and use epistemic status to make the explanation.The stance change of the structure is studied,combing with the Stance Triangle theory.Chapter five:A multi-dimensional study of the merit-based Repair construction“yuqishuo A,burushuo B”(与其说A,不如说B)and its English translations.The previous research on“yuqishuo A,burushuo B”(与其说A,不如说B)lacks the support of theoretical framework,and there is no quantitative conclusion.Based on the synchronic subjectivization and diachronic grammaticalization,we make an indepth study of“yuqishuo A,burushuo B”(与其说A,不如说B)and its English translation from the perspectives of syntactics,semantics and pragmatics.The sixth chapter is the conclusion,which summarizes the main content and research results of this paper,points out that this paper needs to be improved,and puts forward the related problems that still need to be studied and solved.