列文森的话语类型意义述评——会话含意研究继续发展的切入点

一般会话含意在会话含意的阐释中总是处于被忽视的地位,这主要是由于在原有的会话含意理论中对意义的划分过于繁复,难于确定一般会话含意的解释范畴所致。列文森引入话语类型意义为解决这种困境找到了突破口,使得一般会话含意得以发展成为独立的理论体系,进而丰富了会话含意理论的研究。

On Utterance Type Meaning of S. C. Levinson——Breakthrough for the Further Development of Conversational Implicature Studies

Generalized conversational implicature is always neglected in the general studies of conversational implicature.This is partly because the classical theory has a complicated and controvertible classification of meaning.The introduction of utterance type meaning by S.C.Levinson helps to simplify meaning classification and contributes to the formation of a theory of generalized conversational implicature and the further development of conversational implicature studies.