The role of comparison in discourse: The meaning and use of the Japanese utterance comparative expressions sore-yori-(mo) ‘than that’ and nani-yori-(mo) ‘than anything’.
The role of comparison in discourse: The meaning and use of the Japanese utterance comparative expressions sore-yori-(mo) ‘than that’ and nani-yori-(mo) ‘than anything’.
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比较在话语中的作用：日语比较表达方式 sore-yori-(mo)“比那”和 nani-yori-(mo)“比任何事情”的含义和用法。
DOI：
10.1075/lali.00125.saw
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发表时间：
2023
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0.4
通讯作者：
Osamu
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作者：
Sawada;Osamu
本研究考察了日语话语比较表达方式sore-yori-（mo）“than that”和nani-yori-（mo）“than anything”的意义和用法，并探讨了比较在话语中的作用。我认为，sore-yori和nani-yori可以比较个人在语义（在问题）的水平，但他们也可以比较话语（言语行为）在非问题的水平（=常规含义（CI））（例如，Grice 1975; Potts 2005; McCready 2010; Sawada 2010; Gutzmann 2011）。话语比较sore-yori通常暗示sore-yori（U）中的U比前一个话语更重要，话语比较nani-yori通常暗示nani-yori（U）中的U比任何替代话语更重要。比较级的一个有趣的特点是语用功能相当灵活。至于sore-yori，在某些语境中，它可以用作话题转换表达，但在其他语境中则不然。至于七赖，当它出现在话语中时，最初，它的功能首先类似于表达，但当它出现在话语中时，它的功能最终是作为一个附加的加强表达。本文认为，话语比较表达的语用效果是基于它们的等级意义与一般语用原则如关联原则、讨论中的问题原则和方式原则之间的相互作用而产生的（Grice 1975; Roberts 1996）。本研究表明，除了常规比较和元语言比较之外，还存在第三种类型的比较：话语比较，并且比较的概念在经济/有效地推进对话方面发挥着重要作用。最后，还将使用英语和韩语数据讨论话语比较中的跨语言变化。
This study investigates the meaning and use of the Japanese utterance comparative expressions sore-yori-(mo)‘than that’and nani-yori-(mo)‘than anything’and considers the role of comparison in discourse. I argue that sore-yori and nani-yori can compare individuals at the semantic (at-issue) level, but they can also compare utterances (speech acts) at the non-at-issue level (= conventional implicature (CI))(eg, Grice 1975; Potts 2005; McCready 2010; Sawada 2010; Gutzmann 2011). The utterance comparative sore-yori conventionally implicates that U in sore-yori (U) is more important than the previous utterance, and the utterance comparative nani-yori conventionally implicates that U in nani-yori (U) is more important than any alternative utterance. An interesting feature of the utterance comparatives sore-yori-(mo) and nani-yori-(mo) is that their pragmatic functions are quite flexible. As for sore-yori, in some contexts, it can function as a topic-changing expression, but in other contexts it does not. As for nani-yori, when it occurs discourse-initially, it functions like the expression first of all, but when it occurs discourse-finally, it functions as an additive reinforcing expression. I argue that the pragmatic effects of utterance comparative expressions arise based on the interaction between their scalar meanings and the general pragmatic principles of relevance/Question Under Discussion and manner (eg, Grice 1975; Roberts 1996). This study demonstrates that in addition to regular comparison and metalinguistic comparison, there is a third type of comparison: utterance comparison, and that the notion of comparison plays an important role in advancing the conversation economically/effectively. Finally, cross-linguistic variations in utterance comparison will also be discussed using English and Korean data.