
(第3期,2013年3月25日)
2013年3月25日下午,北京师范大学外文学院语言学沙龙第三次活动在后主楼1020举行。
本沙龙的报告人是于晖老师,主题为A Typological Perspective on Relations between Genres in Popular Science。于老师向大家报告关于体裁研究的阶段性成果。首先,回顾了体裁研究的相关理论:Langacre的体裁类型研究、Martin提出的服务接触(service encounter)系统网络、Martin和Rose从系统的角度对体裁的分类等。然后,基于Martin和Rose的分类,对《时间简史》进行具体的体裁分析,发现其中包含了故事、论证、报道、阐释等不同类型的嵌入体裁(embedded genre)。最后,采用自下而上(bottom-up)的方法,建立科普体裁的系统网络,并指出科普语篇具有告知(informing)和娱乐(entertaining)两个基本功能。
报告引起了各位老师和同学的激烈讨论,集中体现在以下几个方面:从结构形式出发研究科普体裁的利弊;某一具体体裁的定义性特征;次体裁与嵌入体裁的区别;如何降低语篇分析的主观性;拓扑学和类型学的区别等。
本次沙龙取得了圆满成功。老师和同学们在轻松愉快的氛围中畅所欲言、耐心聆听、相互学习。丰富知识开阔视野的同时,也极大地增进了彼此之间的感情!
(张冉冉刘玉洁 报道)
参加本次沙龙的人员:召集人:张树堂
安昊,白剑韬,白丽娜,惠长征,解敏,解淑媛,,鞠志勤,李兆娜,梁红卫,刘玉洁,彭宣维,齐豪杰,任双,孙静,唐娇梅,王德亮,王天鸽,王晓婷,卫昭慧,吴凌超,张冬冰,张敬肖,张冉冉,张树堂,张玉凤,赵晶,赵倩莹,郑琦,周婵,周金由
附:于晖讲座摘要
A Typological Perspective on Relations between Genres in Popular Science
Genre analysis has always been regarded as one of the least defined areas in linguistics. For one thing, it has always been difficult to define and classify genres. This paper attempts to explore the various genres embedded in a genre complex of popular science. The analysis is based on the typology proposed by Martin and Rose (2008). First, major genres are identified and described, and then a tentative system network is proposed to characterize the systemic relations between these genres. It is found that popular science consists of two major genre categories: sharing genre and informing genre. We suggest this kind of mixture is determined by the communicative purpose of popular science.