从语用视角解析《警察与赞美诗》

语用预设根据言语和语境可分为规约性预设和非规约性预设。小说交际主要通过人物语言和描述性语言实现。在小说中,规约性预设主要由人物语言触发,而非规约性语言主要由叙述性语言触发。本文从语用预设理论的角度分析了欧.亨利的小说《警察与赞美诗》中的人物语言和叙述性语言,揭示了欧.亨利娴熟的预设使用技巧对其作品"欧.亨利式结尾"的贡献及其对读者成功交际的影响。

Analyzing The Cop and the Anthers from Pragmatic Presupposition Perspective

Pragmatic presupposition can be categorized as conventional presupposition and non-conventional presupposition based on language and context.The fictional communication is mainly realized by characters’ language and narrative language.In the fiction,conventional presupposition is mainly triggered by characters’ language while narrative language mainly triggers non-conventional presupposition.The paper analyses O Henry’s short story The Cop and the Anthem from the perspective of pragmatic presupposition.It would be found that O Henry’s skillful employment of presupposition what is of great contribution for his "surprising ending" and "striking effect" on readers could be revealed.