Analyses on Granny Liu’s Dialogues in Light of Relevance Theory
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Abstract:As one of Chinese four great classic novels, A Dream of Red Mansions, which is considered as the encyclopedia of feudal society, is of great value to be studied. Up to now, most researches mainly focus on the translation, cultural and pragmatic fields. When it comes to the investigation on the dialogue in this works, most researches just center on the leading roles in the novel. Whereas, attention paid to the subordinate figures such as Granny Liu. Taking Granny Liu’s typical dialogues extracted from the English version of A Dream of Red Mansions translated by famous translator Yang Hsien-yi as corpus, this thesis launched an exploration on how the subordinate figures Granny Liu carried out communication in the three aspects of RT respectively including the ostensive-reference process, context and cognitive environments, and the optimal relevance. Surely, this analysis can exert favorable influence on readers to evaluate Granny Liu more comprehensively and objectively, and also nudges readers to appreciate the exquisite and superb artistic charm of this novel and digest the writer’s creation intension. Meanwhile, this analysis is of substantial benefit to expand the research objective and field about Relevance Theory. Keywords: Dialogue; Relevance Theory; context; ostensive-inferential process; optimal relevance.
Authors and Affiliations
Hongping Chen
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP400854
- DOI -
- Views 148
- Downloads 0
Appropriate Manifesto Based in General Election: An Analysis
Abstract: Politic are determined through election, which described as a post and selection made through a vote of a group or ‘constituent body’. Appropriate manifesto will ensure winning seat in general election. This st...
Linguistic Analysis: the distinctiveness Text of the Qur’an
Abstract: The study investigates the literary form of the Holy book—The Qur’an. The book is explaining the principles of Islam— a religion of Muslim Umah. In the era and since the Prophet Muhammad’s time, it was question...
Determinant Factors on Policy Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sustainably Increasing Community Empowerment
Abstract:Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) is a form of community empowerment sustainably implemented by the private sector which is believed to be a strategic approach in an effort to alleviate poverty in Indonesia....
A Study on the Application of Task-based English Movie Clips to Listeningand Speaking Class in Higher-Vocational College
Abstract: English movies can be effective supplementary teaching materials to make up for the lack of communicative use in daily life for English learners. However, the application of the movies is not so sufficient and...
Exploitation of Littoral Zones in Cameroon
Abstract:Littoral zones the world over fall amongst the most productive ecosystems because they possess diverse attributes which could be exploited for socio-economic development, such as mangroves. The Republic of Camer...