An evolutionary approach to emotional communication
An evolutionary approach to emotional communication
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pragma.2013.06.007
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Scott-Phillips, Thomas C.
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作者：
Dezecache, Guillaume;Mercier, Hugo;Scott-Phillips, Thomas C.
语用学的研究主要关注的是明示交际（尤其是通过语言进行的），在这种交际中，我们不仅要为我们想要表达的说话人的意思提供证据，而且要表明我们这样做的意图。然而，这并不是人类交流的唯一方式。我们也用许多非实指的方式进行交流，这些表达经常与实指交流相互作用，互为补充。例如，恐惧、尴尬、惊讶和其他情绪通常是用语言表达的，它们通过韵律线索、面部和身体肌肉结构、瞳孔扩张和皮肤颜色等变化来补充语言表达。然而，关于非明示交流的一些基本但重要的问题，特别是那些与进化稳定性有关的问题，尚未得到解决。我们的目标是解决这个问题，尽管是尝试性的，把我们的讨论集中在一种特殊的非明示交流上：情感表达。我们认为现有的解决情绪沟通稳定性问题的方法是有问题的，我们建议引入一类新的机制，我们认为，情绪警觉的机制，更充分地解释了情绪沟通的稳定性。(C) 2013 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
The study of pragmatics is typically concerned with ostensive communication (especially through language), in which we not only provide evidence for our intended speaker meaning, but also make manifest our intention to do so. This is not, however, the only way in which humans communicate. We also communicate in many non-ostensive ways, and these expressions often interplay with and complement ostensive communication. For example, fear, embarrassment, surprise and other emotions are often expressed with linguistic expressions, which they complement through changes in prosodic cues, facial and bodily muscular configuration, pupil dilatation and skin colouration, among others. However, some basic but important questions about non-ostensive communication, in particular those concerned with evolutionary stability, are unaddressed. Our objective is to address, albeit tentatively, this issue, focusing our discussion on one particular class of non-ostensive communication: emotional expressions. We argue that existing solutions to the problem of stability of emotional communication are problematic and we suggest introducing a new class of mechanisms mechanisms of emotional vigilance that, we think, more adequately accounts for the stability of emotional communication. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.