英语TED演讲语篇语域特征多维分析  

A corpus-based multidimensional analysis of the register features of English TED talks

作　　者：王伟[1] Wang Wei

机构地区：[1]西安外国语大学外国语言学及应用语言学研究中心/商学院/研究生院,陕西西安710128

出　　处：《外语教学》2021年第2期23-28,共6页Foreign Language Education

基　　金：陕西省教育厅哲学社会科学重点研究基地项目“序列组织与身份类别:基于汉语半机构争辩话语的实证研究”(项目编号:20JZ081);西安外国语大学重大课题攻关项目“批评语类视阈下的企业社会责任报告话语研究”(项目编号:17XWZD04)的阶段性研究成果;陕西高校青年创新团队的支持。

摘　　要：本研究运用多维分析法(MF/MD),考察英语TED演讲语篇的语域特征及不同话题子语域的变异。研究表明:TED演讲总体上呈现出较强的交互性和非叙述性,指称明晰,显性劝说性强弱不一,其信息表达具体,即席信息组织较为精细。在TED子语域之间:艺术/设计类TED的指称明晰性、显性劝说性和即席信息加工精细度非常低;商业类TED的劝说性和即席信息加工精细度较高;教育/文化类TED叙述性最强,劝说表现最明显,语言最具体;政治/全球问题类TED指称明晰性最高;科技类TED即席信息加工程度最高,叙述性、指称明晰性和劝说性偏低。参与维度对比的67个词汇语法特征中存在显著差异的有28个,在一定程度上反映出子语域间的区别性特征。该研究对进一步认识口头科普篇章特点,提升EFL/ESP和不同专业教学中TED资源的开发和利用具有一定启示。This study presents a multidimensional analysis(MF/MD) to explore the register features of English TED talks and the sub-register variation based on different topics. The results show that TED talks are highly involved and non-narrative with explicit references. They display varying degrees of overt persuasiveness, and information produced throughout the talks is non-abstract and elaborated online. Across those sub-registers, art and design talks perform weakly in explicit references, overt persuasion, and online information elaboration. Business talks are overtly persuasive and well elaborated online. Education and culture talks include more narratives than other categories and represent the most persuasive talks with the least abstract information. Talks on politics and global issues show the most explicit references. Science and technology talks present the most elaborated online performance but are weak in narratives, explicit references and overt persuasion. 28 lexico-grammatical features from the total 67 across the five categories demonstrate significant differences, reflecting the distinguishing features between sub-registers. The results reveal the general register features of English TED talks, contributing to research on spoken popularizing discourse, and having pedagogical implications for EFL/ESP and teaching across diverse disciplines and professions.

关 键 词：TED演讲 多维分析 子语域 语域变异 教学资源 

分 类 号：H030[语言文字—语言学]