Conversational-ImplicaturePPT资料.ppt
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Ifyoufinishyourmeal,Iwillbuyyouthatdinosaurbook.,Logicalimplicationdoesnotcorrespondwithwhatineverydaylifeweunderstandbyimplicatureorimplies.Inaword,logicandeverydaylifedonotalwayslookatthingsinthesameway.Basedonthisdistinction,wemaysaythatimplicatureisaninferredmeaningwhichisdifferentfromthelogicalmeaning(implication)oftheoriginalutterance.,4.3SignificanceoftheNotionofImplicature4.3.1Thenotionofimplicatureprovidessomeexplicitaccountofhowitispossibletomeanmorethanwhatisactuallysaid,ormorethanwhatisliterallyexpressed.Considerthefollowingexchange:
A:
Shallweholdthefootballmatchtomorrow?
B:
Itisraining.Semanticandliteralmeaning:
hisanswerunrelatedtothequestion.Intendedmeaning:
thefootballmatchwillbecanceledasthegroundiswetandslipperyaftertherain.,Anotherexample:
Canyoutellmethetime?
Well,themilkmanhascome.Bsemanticandliteralmeaning:
Well,themilkmancameatsometimepriortothetimeofspeaking.Bsimplicature:
Sorry,Idontknowtheexacttimeofthepresentmoment,butIcanprovidesomeinformationfromwhichyoumaybeabletodeducetheappropriatetime,namelythemilkmanhascome.,Conclusion:
Thereisagapbetweenwhatisliterallysaidandwhatisimplied.Thisgapissosubstantial(本质的)thatwecannotexpectasemantictheorytoexplainhowwecommunicateusinglanguage.Thenotionofimplicature,however,bridgesthegapbyexplaininghowmeaningsareeffectivelyconveyed.,4.3.2Thenotionofimplcaturesimplifiesboththestructureandthecontentofsemanticdescription.Inthissense,implicaturedoesnotexplainhowawordorexpressionhasseveralliteralmeaningsbutexplainshowawordorexpressioncouldimplydifferentmeaningsbydifferentlanguageusers.e.g.Thelonerangerjumpedonhishorseandrodeintothesunset.ThecapitalofFranceisParisandthecapitalofEnglandisLondon.,Sofromsemanticpointofview,itmayholdthatandhastwomeaningsinthetwosentences.Butfrompragmaticpointofview,itholdsthatthewordandisaconjunction.Itislanguageuserswhouseittoconveyvariousmeaningsunderspecificcontext.Conclusion:
Sointhissense,pragmaticstudyofthenotionofimplicaturesimplifiesboththestructureandthecontentofsemanticdescription.Itholdsthatawordmeaningisgenerallysimple,straightforwardandsteady.Onlycontextmakesawordtakeondifferentshadesofmeanings.e.g.Theclothiswhite.Theclothiswhite,redandgreen.,4.3.3Thenotionofimplicaturehasaverygenerativeexplanatorypower.Withthehelpofthecontext,implicaturemayexplainhowalargenumberofapparentlyunrelatedsentencesmayconveythesamemeaning.Inthiswayimplicaturehelpstomakeourlanguageusecolorful.Takethefollowingsentencesasexamples1)Iwantyoutoclosethedoor.2)Pleaseclosethedoor.3)Canyouclosethedoor?
4)Howaboutabitlessbreeze?
5)Now,Johnny,whatdobigpeopledowhentheycomein?
6)Okay,Johnny,whatamIgoingtosaynext?
Conclusion:
Sointhiscase,implicaturehelpstoexplainhowsomeseeminglyunrelatedsentencescometomeanthesame.Withthehelpofcontext,theuseofimplicaturemakesourlanguageusemorecolorful.Wemayexpressthesamemeaningindifferentwaystosuitappropriatecontexts.(何自然PP67-69),4.4ConventionalImplicatureThereisthekindofmeaningthatisalwaysassociatedwithanexpressionsothatoneveryoccasionwhentheexpressionoccurs,themeaningoccurs.Thismeaningwhichisnaturallyassociatedwithanexpressionisknownasconventionalimplicature,orentilment(规约含义),ornaturalmeaning.,Becauselanguageisbasicallyculture-specific,conventionalimplicatureofthesameexpressionmayvaryunderdifferentculturalbackground.Forexample,whitegivestheimplicatureofpurityandchastity(贞操、贞洁)inwesternculturesandisassociatedwithabride;
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