Doing Power Threatening Acts (PTAs) in ancient China

IF 0.4 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Journal of Historical Pragmatics Pub Date : 2019-06-04 DOI:10.1075/JHP.17002.SHE
Xingchen Shen, Xinren Chen
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Abstract

This study examines an unexplored type of speech act named jian, which took place uniquely in the context of ancient China. Taking it as a Power Threatening Act rather than a commonly studied Face Threatening Act, this study examined remonstrators’ strategic modulation of their jian, and the factors that might have influenced the choice of modulation strategies. The data come from Zizhi Tongjian. The major findings are as follows: first, the speech act of jian contained both ritualised and non-ritualised aspects; second, remonstrators would adopt different modulation strategies when performing jian, which can be generally divided into three modulation orientations of redress, aggravation, and a combination of redress and aggravation, with different degrees of rituality; third, the choices of modulation strategies reflected the game playing of the requirements of affiliational propriety and illocutionary effect within the jian act.
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中国古代的权力威胁行为
本研究考察了一种未被探索的言语行为类型,即简,它发生在中国古代独特的语境中。本研究将其作为一种权力威胁行为,而不是一种常见的面子威胁行为,考察了谏官对其谏言的策略调节,以及可能影响调节策略选择的因素。数据来源于《资治通鉴》。主要研究结果如下:首先,简的言语行为包含仪式化和非仪式化两个方面;第二,谏者在行谏时会采取不同的调制策略,大体可分为三种调制取向,即纠正、加重和纠正与加重相结合,仪式性不同;第三,调律策略的选择反映了《谏律》对隶属礼仪和言外效果要求的博弈。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Historical Pragmatics provides an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical, empirical and methodological work at the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics. The editorial focus is on socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts in their sociocultural context of communication (e.g. conversational principles, politeness strategies, or speech acts) and on diachronic pragmatics as seen in linguistic processes such as grammaticalization or discoursization. Contributions draw on data from literary or non-literary sources and from any language. In addition to contributions with a strictly pragmatic or discourse analytical perspective, it also includes contributions with a more sociolinguistic or semantic approach.
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