This article investigates the dynamic relationship between negation and interpersonal communication with a special interest in the interpersonal pragmatic functions of negative mitigation.The online talent show-The Bi...This article investigates the dynamic relationship between negation and interpersonal communication with a special interest in the interpersonal pragmatic functions of negative mitigation.The online talent show-The Birth of an Actor(named as I am An Actor from season two)-totals two seasons composed of 30 episodes,among which,39 rounds of conversations are collected to fulfill this research.This paper invites research methods as recognizing,encoding,analyzing and induction to probe into the interpersonal pragmatic functions of negative mitigation in online talent show.Three findings of this research are that negative mitigation functions firstly,to mitigate blame,secondly,mitigate questions,thirdly,mitigate objections that demonstrates addressors’ability of resolving online conflicts with regard to interpersonal pragmatics.展开更多
This study aims to explore the interpersonal pragmatic functions of commonly-used English attitude stance adverbs.Background:Attitude stance adverbs are crucial linguistic elements for expressing speakers’attitudes,e...This study aims to explore the interpersonal pragmatic functions of commonly-used English attitude stance adverbs.Background:Attitude stance adverbs are crucial linguistic elements for expressing speakers’attitudes,emotions and viewpointsin communication,and their proper use is vital for effective interpersonal interaction and cross-cultural communication.Methods:Based on corpus analysis,this study collects and analyzes relevant data from the British National Corpus(BNC)andthe Corpus Of Contemporary American English(COCA),identifies 41 high-frequency attitude stance adverbs,and focuses onthe qualitative and quantitative analysis of 17 typical ones.Results:Different English attitude stance adverbs exhibit distinctcharacteristics in lexical-grammatical collocation,contextual application and stylistic distribution,and play diverse interpersonalpragmatic roles such as emotion expression,viewpoint emphasis,relationship maintenance and face protection.Their usagevaries significantly across different contexts,cultures and genres.Conclusions:The research findings provide importanttheoretical references for pragmatics and sociolinguistics research,and offer practical guidance for English teaching and crossculturalcommunication,helping learners improve their language application competence and interpersonal communicationeffectiveness.展开更多
文摘This article investigates the dynamic relationship between negation and interpersonal communication with a special interest in the interpersonal pragmatic functions of negative mitigation.The online talent show-The Birth of an Actor(named as I am An Actor from season two)-totals two seasons composed of 30 episodes,among which,39 rounds of conversations are collected to fulfill this research.This paper invites research methods as recognizing,encoding,analyzing and induction to probe into the interpersonal pragmatic functions of negative mitigation in online talent show.Three findings of this research are that negative mitigation functions firstly,to mitigate blame,secondly,mitigate questions,thirdly,mitigate objections that demonstrates addressors’ability of resolving online conflicts with regard to interpersonal pragmatics.
基金the 2022 Hunan Provincial Social Science Fund Project"Interpersonal Pragmatic Study of English Stance Adverbs"(22YBA233)hosted by Yang Xiaojunthe"14th Five-Year Plan"Higher Education Research Project of Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Association titled"The Impact of Higher Education Internationalization on the Reform of Talent Cultivation Models in Guangdong Province"(24GYB88)hosted by Yang Xiaojun+1 种基金the 2025 National-Level Cultivation Project of Guangzhou Institute of Technology"Interpersonal Pragmatic Study on the Use of English Stance Adverbs"(2025gjp002)hosted by Yang Xiaojunthe Industry-Academia Collaboration and Cooperative Education Project of the Ministry of Education"Exploration of Translation Practice and Internships through a Corpus-Based Approach"hosted by Yang Xiaojun.
文摘This study aims to explore the interpersonal pragmatic functions of commonly-used English attitude stance adverbs.Background:Attitude stance adverbs are crucial linguistic elements for expressing speakers’attitudes,emotions and viewpointsin communication,and their proper use is vital for effective interpersonal interaction and cross-cultural communication.Methods:Based on corpus analysis,this study collects and analyzes relevant data from the British National Corpus(BNC)andthe Corpus Of Contemporary American English(COCA),identifies 41 high-frequency attitude stance adverbs,and focuses onthe qualitative and quantitative analysis of 17 typical ones.Results:Different English attitude stance adverbs exhibit distinctcharacteristics in lexical-grammatical collocation,contextual application and stylistic distribution,and play diverse interpersonalpragmatic roles such as emotion expression,viewpoint emphasis,relationship maintenance and face protection.Their usagevaries significantly across different contexts,cultures and genres.Conclusions:The research findings provide importanttheoretical references for pragmatics and sociolinguistics research,and offer practical guidance for English teaching and crossculturalcommunication,helping learners improve their language application competence and interpersonal communicationeffectiveness.
