语用学-deixis-指示代词PPT课件

1、Powerpoint TemplatesPage 1Deixis1. Time deixis2. Person deixis Deictic usages Non-deictic usages Pre-emptiveness of Deictic Words Factors Influencing Choices between Deictic and Non-deictic Usages First person deixis Second person deixis Third person deixisBy 陈静宜 柳晨曦 杨沁玉 余昕钰 袁邑婷 张金 张秦 张玉梅 张扬红2021/7/

2、232TimeDeixis2021/7/233Timeexpressionscanbeuseddeicticly,whenthespeakeruseshisowntimeofspeakingasthereferencetime,ornondeicticlywhenthefixedtimeofanimportanteventisusedasthereferencepointoftime.2021/7/234Deictic Usages Thefollowingisanillustrationofthetimedeixisindeicticuses,thatis,thetimeofspeaking

3、isusedasthereferencepoint:A. Time adverbialsB. Deictic modifier + Non-deictic name (measure word)C. Tense of verbs (a grammatical category)2021/7/235A. Timeadverbials now the time point of speaking today yesterday the day before that of speaking tomorrow the day after that of speaking (two days)ago

4、(two days) before the time of speaking Examples: now, then, today, yesterday, tomorrow, soon, recently, two days ago, in three minutes, from now on, right away BACK2021/7/236Examples: this/that morning/afternoon/week/month/year next/last Monday/January/February/decade/century B. Deicticmodifier+Non-

5、deicticname(measureword)子页AB C主页MAIN2021/7/237C. Tenseofverbs (agrammaticalcategory)ABCMAINExamples: Mary is reading on the lakeside. (Happening at the time of speaking)I wrote a letter to him. (Happening before the time of speaking) Im going to see the movie. (Happening after the time of speaking)

6、BACK2021/7/238C. Tenseofverbs (agrammaticalcategory)ABCMAINAs a rule, in deictic use of tense, the time of speaking is used as the deictic center. So, present tense is used for the event happening at/during the time of speaking, past tense for the event happening before the time of speaking. However

7、, this rule is sometimes violated in order to achieve pragmatic effect. The following are two typical examples of deictic projection or functional variation of tenses.BACK2021/7/239C. Tenseofverbs (agrammaticalcategory)ABCMAIN(a) Historical Present: using present tense to refer to past events, bring

8、ing the historical event closer to the addressee and vivid to life.(b) Subjunctive Mood: Use past tense to refer to the events that are impossible to be realized or far away from the reality. Examples: If I were you, I Had I arrived a little earlier at the airport BACK2021/7/2310Non-Deictic Usages W

9、hen the reference point of time deixis is a fixed time origin rather than the time of speaking, it is used non-deicticly. Calendric usages are examples of non-deictic usages. 2021/7/2311The following are some examples of non-deictic time expressions:Sept. 15th, 2005 Calendric use (No matter by whom

10、it is said, it refers to the same year)on Thursday It might refer to the same time period when spoken by different speakers at different points of time of a week;post-war (construction) after the World War II;2021/7/2312Pre-emptivenessofDeicticWords (指示语的先用性) 1.Levinson puts forward this viewpoint i

11、n 1983.2.Levinson points out, the deictic terms yesterday, today and tomorrow pre-empt the calendrical or absolute (non-deictic) expressions (e.g. on Thursday) when referring to the same time entities. That is, when yesterday, today and tomorrow can be used the calendrical expression on Monday, on T

12、uesdaywill not be chosen.e.g. Today is Tuesday, one would not usually say(1) (2) (3) to respectively refer to the day before, on or after the CT (coding timethe moment of utterance):(1) He went to the supermarket on Monday. (yesterday is more preferred than on Monday.)(2) He is in the supermarket on

13、 Tuesday. (today is more preferred than on Tuesday.)(3) Hell go to the supermarket on Wednesday. (tomorrow is more preferred than on Wednesday.)2021/7/2313When uttered on Tuesday,last Monday refers to “the Monday of last week” (Otherwise, yesterday is used);next Wednesday refers to “the Wednesday of

14、 next week” (Otherwise, tomorrow is used);next Thursday, Friday or Saturday is ambiguous, which might refer to the Thursday, Friday or Saturday of the same week or the next week. Similarly, when uttered on Friday,last Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday is ambiguous, which might refer to the Monday, Tuesda

15、y or Wednesday of the same week or the last week.Levinson says that “this pre-emptive nature of pure deictic words is a general tendency: itwould be strange to say Do it at 10:36 instead of Do it now, when now is 10:36.” Levinson does not define the term “pure deictic word”. Presumably, it refers to

16、 words like I, you, now, today, yesterday, tomorrow, the reference of which entirely depends on the speech situation. But Levinson notes that here seems to be an exception, which does not have the pre-emptive force though it is a pure deictic word. One can say Wuhan instead of here if one is in Wuha

17、n.2021/7/2314Factors Influencing Choices between Deictic and Non-deictic Usages子页1.Whether to choose deictic or non-deictic expressions of time depends largely on the distance between the coding time and the expressed time. Generally speaking, the shorter the distance, the more possible the choice o

18、f deictic terms, and vice versa. For example, if the coding time is Thursday, and(1). the expressed time is the next day, then tomorrow is more preferable to on Friday;(2). the expressed time is two days later than the coding time, then the day after tomorrow and on Saturday may be equally preferred

19、;(3). the expressed time is three days later than the coding time, then the non-deictic term on Sunday will be more frequently chosen.2. Whether to choose deictic or non-deictic expressions of time also depends on formality of the speech. The more formal the speech, the greater the possibility to us

20、e the non-deictic expressions of time, and vice versa.2021/7/2315Person Deixis2021/7/2316Person deixis concerns the encoding of the role of participants in the speech event in which the utterance in question is delivered: the category first person is the grammaticalization of the speakers reference

21、to himself, second person is the encoding of the speakers reference to one or more addressees, and third person the encoding of the reference to persons and entities which are neither speakers nor addressees of the utterance. Briefly, first person is speaker inclusion (+ S)，second person is addresse

22、e inclusion (+ A), and third person is speaker and addressee exclusion (- S, - A). From above analysis, we can see third person is quite distinct from first or second person, in that it does not refer to any specific participant-role in the speech event.2021/7/2317In many languages, there are two va

23、riants of first person “plural” pronouns, corresponding to “we-inclusive-of-addressee” and “we-exclusive-of-addressee”. This distinction can be seen in Chinese first person plural variants “我们” and “咱们”. For examples:(a) 你的动作太慢，我们先走了。(exclusive of the addressee)(b) 动作快点，不然我们 / 咱们又要迟到了。(inclusive of

24、the addressee)The Chinese northern dialect “咱们” is usually used to include both the speaker and the addressee; “我们”, however, may be used to include or exclude the addressee, depending on the context.First Person Deixis2021/7/2318 The above distinction is not manifested in English directly, but it i

25、s perhaps indirectly. For example, us in let us may or may not be addressee-inclusive, as in (a )and (b); us in the contraction form lets, however, must be understood as addressee-inclusive, as in (c)that is why (d) is considered as unacceptable. (a) Let us do it together. (inclusive of the addresse

26、e) (b) Let us know the time of your arrival. (exclusive of the addressee) (c) Lets go to the cinema. (inclusive of the addressee) (d) Lets go to see you tomorrow. (unacceptable) 2021/7/2319 In English, we is the only form of the first person plural pronoun in nominative case, so whether it is addres

27、see-inclusive or exclusive depends much on the context. The same utterance might be interpreted in different ways in different contexts: eg. We havent received from John for a long time.We would be understood as inclusive of the addressee in case a mother is talking with her husband about their son

28、whose name is John, exclusive of the addressee in case a mother is talking with her friend about her own son. 2021/7/23201st person deixis with functional variation: (a) (Mother to children) 咱们别闹了，我带你们出去玩。 (1st person shifted to express the addressee: to show intimacy) (b) 我们说话得讲良心。 (1st person shif

29、ted to express the addressee: to make the criticism less direct) (c) (Doctor to patient) How are we feeling today? (We used to refer to the addressee: to bring the distance closer & make the patient less nervous). 2021/7/2321Second Person Deixis In modern English, the second person pronoun has only

30、one form you, for both the singular and plural. You might be used deicticly, referring to one or more specific addressees whose identification relies much on the context in which the deixis occurs, as in (a) it might also be used non-deicticly (“generic you”) with a general reference, which does not

31、 rely so much on the concrete context for its interpretation, as in (b). (a) You, you, you, come to the teachers office, please. (deictic, with specific reference) (b) You cannot count your chickens before they are hatched. (non-deictic, with a general reference)2021/7/2322 However, in many other la

32、nguages there is a distinction between the informal and formal (honorific) forms of the second person deixis. One example is the distinction between “你” and “您” in Chinese. The informal “你你” is preferred when addressing somebody equal or lower in status or rank, or addressing somebody more important

33、 on informal occasion. However, on formal occasion, especially when the addressee is somebody older or superior in status, the more formal and honorific form “您您” is a better choice. This formal (honoric) / informal distinction can also be seen in the second person deixis of some other languages lik

34、e vous & tu in French (The plural form vous is used as an honorific substitute for the singular tu), Sie & du in German, Lei & tu in Italian, vous & tu in Spanish, Ye & thou in archaic English.2021/7/2323 A special use of the second person deixis is the use of vocatives (呼语), which are noun phrases

35、that refer to the addressee. Vocatives can be further divided into “calls” (or “summonses”) (呼唤语) and “addresses” (称呼语) according to their respective gestural and symbolic use. The gestural “calls” or “summonses” are noun phrases used to arouse the attention of the addressee(s) to what is to be said

36、 by the speaker. So they naturally occur in the initial position of an utterance or a conversation, and function as independent speech acts, such as: 2021/7/2324 (a) Mary, there is a long distance call for you. (b) Hey you, you just stepped on my foot! The symbolic “addresses”, by contrast, are noun

37、 phrases used to keep the attention or interest of the addressee who has already been ready for or involved in the conversation with the speaker, so they often occur in middle or final position of an utterance as a parenthesis, as in: (c) The problem is, Sir, we have no more room for you. 2021/7/232

38、5 .(d) What I want to say is, my child, mum will always be supporting you It seems that all addresses can be used as summonses, but not all summonses can be used as addresses. Take (b) and (c) as examples, Sir can replace Hey you to say Sir, you just stepped on my foot” whereas hey you cannot replac

39、e Sir to say “The problem is, hey you, we have no more room for you.” 2021/7/2326 Third Person DeixisIt is generally understood that third person is distinct from first or second person in that it does not refer to any specific participant-role involved in the speech event, or in Burlings words, it

40、is “speaker and addressee exclusion (- S, - A)”. But in specific contexts, third person deixis can also encode the reference to person and entity which is either the speaker or addressee of the utterance. This contextual reference and function of the third person deixis is the concern of pragmatics.

41、In some communication situations, the third person deixis, which is a nominal phrase, might be employed to refer to the speaker himself / herself or the addressee, for example: Mother to her little son: “Come here, Bill, tell Mummy what made my baby cry.”2021/7/2327In the setence, the third person deictics Mummy and my baby, in substitution for the first person me and the second person you, refer to the speaker and addressee respectively. Such use of thi