股票评论中的语用模糊分析研究

论文摘要

本文在借鉴和发展前人的研究成果的基础上,从顺应论的角度,考察模糊语言在股票评论中的应用。模糊语言是日常生活中普遍存在的现象。模糊语言引起了学者们的广泛注意,其研究包括哲学,语义学,心理学和语用学的角度。股票评论,作为一种重要的经济文本,在日常生活和经济生活中发挥着重要的作用,但股票评论中的模糊语言却极少引起学者们的注意。本文的主要研究成果为:(1)模糊语言在股票评论中普遍存在,语境要素中的语言使用者,物理世界和社交世界可以解释股评专家使用模糊语言的动机和目的。(2)语境要素中的心理世界揭示了股票评论的几个语用功能:模糊语言可以顺应劝说股民购买某支股票;模糊语言可以顺应保留特定的信息;模糊语言可以顺应保护股评专家的权威等等。(3)股票评论中的模糊语言通过不同的语言结构实现。本文从词汇层面和语用层面分别分析模糊语言在股票评论中是如何实现。以顺应论为指导,模糊语言被看作是一种具体的语言选择,是语言使用者为实现或顺应某些交际目的的一种语言策略。由文中的分析我们得出结论:股票评论中使用模糊语言是股评专家进行语言选择和顺应不同语境的结果。本文在一定程度上可以帮助股民具体认识股票评论中模糊语言产生的目的,动机和功能,以及模糊语言通过什么方式在股票评论中得以实现。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Overview
• 1.2 Rationale and significance of the present study
• 1.3 Research objectives and specific research questions
• 1.4 Data collection and research methodology
• 1.5 Outline of the thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Terminological issues
• 2.2 Historical overview of vagueness
• 2.2.1 Philosophical perspective of vagueness
• 2.2.2 Semantic perspective of vagueness
• 2.2.3 Psychological perspective of vagueness
• 2.2.4 Pragmatic perspective of vagueness
• 2.3 The study of language in stock comments
• 2.3.1 Stylistic perspective of language in stock comments
• 2.3.2 Cultural perspective of language in stock comments
• 2.3.3 A critique of previous studies of stock comments
• 2.4 Summary
• Chapter3 Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 The working definition of pragmatic vagueness
• 3.2 The Theory of Linguistic Adaptation
• 3.2.1 Making linguistic choice
• 3.2.2 The three properties of language choice-making
• 3.2.3 Four aspects of investigation
• 3.3 An adaptative-theoretical based account of vagueness
• 3.3.1 Vagueness as adaptation to contextual correlates
• 3.3.2 Vagueness as adaptation to structural objects
• 3.4 Summary
• Chapter 4 Vagueness as Adaptation to Contextual Correlates
• 4.1 The influence of language users on vagueness in stock comments
• 4.1.1 Stock analysts' inability to be precise
• 4.1.2 Stock analysts' unwillingness to be precise
• 4.2 The influence of social world on vagueness in stock comments
• 4.2.1 Stock comments' relationship with stock analysts
• 4.2.2 Stock comments' relationship with stock market
• 4.3 The influence of physical world on vagueness in stock comments
• 4.3.1 Vagueness in Stock Forecasts
• 4.3.2 Vagueness in Stock Summaries
• 4.4 The influence of mental world on vagueness in stock comments
• 4.4.1 Persuading investors
• 4.4.2 Protecting the stock analysts
• 4.4.3 Withholding information deliberately
• 4.5 Summary
• Chapter 5 Vagueness as Adaptation to Structural Objects
• 5.1 Lexical device as a means of achieving vagueness
• 5.1.1 Adjectives
• 5.1.2 Verbs
• 5.1.3 Adverbs
• 5.1.4 Numerals
• 5.2 Pragmatic device as a means of achieving vagueness
• 5.2.1 Hedges
• 5.2.2 Modality
• 5.2.3 Deixis
• 5.2.4 Concluding remarks
• 5.3 Summary
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• 6.1 Major findings
• 6.2 Implications
• 6.3 Limitations of the study
• 6.4 Suggestions for further study
• Bibliography
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Appendix