话语框架的“元框架”:基于“新言语行为分析”的思考
The “meta-frame” of discourse frames: Reflections based on “New Speech Act Analysis”
所谓“话语框架”是由“话语事件”所建构出的一种内在意义结构,是蕴含在“语篇中”或“语篇间”的“整体性意义”。一个个“话语事件”呈现出一系列不同的具体“话语框架”,但背后是否存在一个“元框架”——所有的“话语事件”都必然需要面对的总框架?依据“新言语行为分析”理论,本文提出分析话语“元框架”的一种路径,即“主体-语境-意图-语篇-规则”的互动。从这一“元框架”出发,可构建分别侧重“言语主体”“语境参数”“意图类型”“语篇过程”“规则系统”的分析框架;构建主要侧重“主体-语境”“主体-意图”“主体-语篇”“主体-规则”…… 的分析框架;构建“主体-语境-意图”“主体-语篇-意图”……的分析框架。进而言之,话语框架分析既不能拘泥于某一具体的研究路径,同时也需要建构“元框架”的意识。
The so-called “discourse frame” is a kind of inner meaning structure constructed by “discourse events”, and it is the “overall meaning” embedded either within texts or across intertextual spaces. While individual “discourse events” presents a series of different specific “discourse frames”, is there a “meta-frame”behind it—a fundamental framework that all “discourse events” inevitably engage with? Based on the theory of “New Speech Act Analysis”, this paper proposes an analytical pathway to examine discursive “meta-frame ” through the dynamic interplay of Subject - Context - Intention - Text - Rules. Building upon this “meta-frame”, we may construct analytical frameworks emphasizing respectively “speech subjects”, “contextual parameters”, “intention typologies”, “textual processes”, “rule systems”; we may construct analytical frameworks primarily focused on dyadic relationships such as“subject-context”, “subject-intention”, “subject-text”, “subject-rules” and so on; we also may construct analytical frameworks integrating triadic interactions including “subject-context-intention”, “subject-text-intention” and so on. Furthermore, discourse frame analysis should neither rigidly adhere to any specific research approach, nor neglect the need to construct an awareness of “meta-frame”.
framing theory / discourse frames / discursive meta-frames / New Speech Act Analysis