Anthropomorphic grammar? Some linguistic patterns in the wildlife documentary series Life
Anthropomorphic grammar? Some linguistic patterns in the wildlife documentary series Life
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拟人语法？
DOI：
10.1515/text-2013-0017
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
L. Oakley
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作者：
Alison Sealey;L. Oakley
人类语言不可避免地从人类的角度来描述世界。本文简要回顾了科学家和语篇分析家对拟人化和非中心化语言使用的主要观点。然后，它提出了在这项调查中使用的数据-一个语料库的文字记录的电视连续剧生活。分析的方法进行了解释，因为是重点采用，这是更明显的，由主持人，大卫阿滕伯勒词汇选择少，而更多的语法模式，我们建议发挥了重要作用，在广泛的物种在节目中所代表的描绘。三个语法特征-代词，连接词so和to不定式形式-在上下文中进行了探索，结果表明，它们如何单独和共同在这些文本中的动物的观点的表征中发挥重要作用，以微妙的方式暗示意图和评价。我们建议广播公司，话语分析师和动物行为学家之间需要更多的对话。
Abstract Human language inevitably depicts the world from a human point of view. This article briefly reviews key positions on the use of anthropomorphic and anthropocentric language taken by scientists and discourse analysts. It then presents the data used in this investigation – a corpus of transcripts of the television series Life. The methods of analysis are explained, as is the focus adopted, which is less on the more obvious, lexical choices made by the presenter, David Attenborough, and more on the grammatical patterns which we suggest play a significant role in the depiction of the wide range of species represented in the programs. Three grammatical features – pronouns, the connective so, and the to infinitive form – were explored in context, and the results demonstrate how, separately and together, they play a significant role in the representation in these texts of animals' perspectives, connoting in subtle ways both intention and evaluation. We suggest a need for greater dialogue between broadcasters, discourse analysts, and ethologists.
影响因子：
1.6
作者：
Myers G
通讯作者：
Myers G