Book review pragmatics across language and cultures

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1、JournalofPragmatics43(2011)28722875ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectJournalofPragmaticsjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/pragmaBookreviewPragmaticsacrossLanguagesandCulturesAnnaTrosborg(Ed.),deGruyterMouton,Berlin/NewYork,2010,644pp.,199Euro(hardback),ISBN978-

2、3-11-021443-7PragmaticsacrossLanguagesandCultures,volume7oftheseriesHandbookofPragmatics,providesanoverviewofcentralareasofcontemporarypragmatics.Thebookconsistsoftheeditorsintroductionandfourpartscontaining21articles.IntheIntroductionTrosborgemphasizestherelevanceofpra

3、gmaticresearchinthecontextofincreasingglobalizationandtheinterestininterculturalcommunication.Thevolumeaimstocapturethedevelopmentinpragmaticresearchandtoprovideanoverviewovermajortrendsincentralaspectsofpragmaticsasrealizedacrosslanguagesandcultures(p.1).Theapproachoft

4、hevolumeisdefinedasboththeoreticalandapplied,withemphasisonauthenticdataintheirculturalcontext.Theintroductionalsoprovidesdetailedsummariesoftheindividualpapers.1.Contrastive,cross-culturalandinterculturalpragmaticsWierzbickaoverviewstheculturalscriptapproachshehasdevelo

5、pedinherearlierworksandfocusesonwhatitcancontributetointerculturalpragmatics.Theauthorarguesthatthenaturalsemanticmetalanguagehelpstoarticulateculturalscriptsfromtheinsiderspointofviewanddiscussesseverallanguage-specificculturalscripts,focusingonchallengestheypositforint

6、erculturalcommunication.Wierzbickademonstratesthatimmigrantstestimoniesconfirmtosomedegreetherealityofculturalscriptsandproposesthemethodologyofculturalscriptsasaframeworkforinterculturaltraining,althoughthedetailsofsuchaframeworkarenotspecified.Chenpresentsacomprehensive

7、,cross-culturalsurveyofcomplimentandcomplimentresponseresearchacrossEuropean,AsianandMiddleEasternlanguages.Theauthordemonstratesbothprominenceanddiversityofcross-culturalcomplimentresearchanddrawsgeneralizationsconcerningstructuralandsocialaspectsofcomplimentsandcompli

8、mentresponsesacrosslanguagesandcultures.Thepaperalsomentionspossibledirectionsoffutureresearch.Ma´rquezReitera