英语文体学教程第七章-The-English-of-Conversation-英语会话

StylisticsTheEnglishConversationofCONTENTS—*—NecessityofStudyingSpeech1NecessityofStudyingConversation2ObjectofStudy3AnAdaptedWayofTranscription4CONTENTS—*—ASampleTextofCasualConversation5GeneralFeatures6StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguage7Summary8OtherKindsofConversation9TRANSITIONPAGE—*—1NecessityofStudyingSpeech—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.1NecessityofStudyingSpeechMeansofCommunicationspeechwritingthemostbasicformoflanguageactivity过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—2NecessityofStudyingConversation—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.2NecessityofStudyingConversationVerbalActivitiesconversingmonologuingthemostbasicofspokenvarieties过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—3ObjectofStudy—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.3ObjectofStudyCasualConversationinformalinpersonaltenorphaticinfunctionaltenorspontaneousinmode过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—4AnAdaptedWayofTranscription过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—5ASampleTextofCasualConversation过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—6GeneralFeatures—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.6GeneralFeaturesGeneralFeaturesinexplicitnessoflanguagerandomnessofsubject-matterandlackofplanningphenomenonofnormalnon-fluency—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.6GeneralFeaturesinexplicitnessoflanguagee.g)thisgreat…(LL18-19)injustcouldn'tfacegoingallthewaybackagainwiththisgreat…;randomnessofsubject-matterandlackofplanningthetopicjumpsfromhealthtofreezingweather,andthentoknitting;phenomenonofnormalnon-fluencyhesitation(Ihaderabout),slipsofthetongue(Ineverdi-Icouldnever…),overlappingorsimultaneousspeech(asisshownwithabracketinthetext);过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguage—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageStylisticFeaturesGrammaticalFeaturesLexicalFeaturesPhonologicalFeaturesSemanticFeatures—*—LOGO7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguagePreferenceforshortandloosesentencesHighincidenceofellipticalandincompletesentencesSimplenominalandverbalgroupstructureFrequencyofinterrogativesentencesGrammaticalFeaturesTheEnglishofConversation—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguagePreferenceforshortandloosesentencesIt’serm-------anintersetionofkindoftwo------akindofcrossroads------andIwasstandingthese------andtherewasthiserm-------kindofordinarycar--------onthemirrorroad---------justlookingtocomeout-------ontothebigroad------andcomingdowntowardshimonthebigroadwasavan------followedbyalorry-------now------justashestartedtocomeoutontothemainroad-------nothelorrystar------startedtoovertakethevan---------nothavingseenthefactthatanothercarwascomingout.(From:BrownandYule1983:140)—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageFrequencyofInterrogativesentencesandrandomnessofsubjectmatterEdward:Soareyouenjoyingtherain?Bella:you’reaskingmeabouttheweather?Edward:Yeah,I…IguessIam.Bella:well,youknow,Idon’treallyliketherain.Anycold,wetthing,Idon’treally…what?Edward:….why‘dyoumovetothewettestplaceinthecontinentalUS?Bella:it’scomplicated…Bella:…momremarried,and…Edward:soyoudon’tliketheguy,or…Bella:no.that’snot…Edward:whydidn’tyoumovewithyourmotherandPhil?——StephenieMeyer,Twilight—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageHighincidenceofellipticalandincompletesentencesA:(Have)Yougotacold?B:No(,Ihaven’t.I’m)JustabitsniffycosI’m-------IAMCOLDandI’llbeallrightonceI’vewarmedup------DoIlookasthoughI’vegotacold?A:No(,youdon’t).Ithoughtyousoundedasifyouwere(cold).(From:Crystal&Davy)—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageLexicalFeaturesPreferenceforshortwordsandvagueexpressionsFrequentuseofcolloquialitemsandidiomsandagreatmanyphrasalverbsUseoflexicalhyperboleandofslang—*—LOGO7.7StylisticFeaturesinTermsofLevelsofLanguageFrequentuseofsomebasicprosodicpatternsProsodicvariationwithinthetone-unitFreeoccurrenceofparalinguisticeffectsFrequencyofpauseanduneventempoPhonologicalFeaturesTheEnglishofConversation过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—8Summary—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.8SummaryStrikingFeaturesofCasualConversationassimilationandelisioninarticulationsimpleandcolloquialwordsinvocabularylooseandellipticalsentencesingrammar过渡页TRANSITIONPAGE—*—9OtherKindsofConversation—*—LOGOTheEnglishofConversation7.9OtherKindsofConversationOtherKindsofConversationDiscussionTelephoneConversingThankYou吴炎贤周美辰钟玉凤卢秋韵