Cohesion and Coherence from an Ecolinguistic Perspective

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.273

Abstract

Abstract:

To be adapted to Ecological Discourse Analysis, this paper examines and extends the cohesion and coherence theory within Systemic Functional Linguistics from an ecolinguistic perspective. The research shows that the ecological cohesion and coherence system involves three conjunctive sub-systems. The first is the ecosophy of ‘Diversity and Harmony, Interaction and Coexistence’, which is the basis for the judgment of eco-orientations of discourse. The second is the outside cohesive resources to be judged for eco-orientations of discourse, i.e., the three parameters of register - field, tenor and mode. The third is the inside cohesive resources to be judged for eco-orientations of discourse, including transitivity, mood, tense and voice, reference, substitution and ellipsis, conjunction, repetition and collocation, rhetorical devices, and pronunciations and intonations, which play a significant role in the organisation and progression of discourse, and the use of which either conveys certain eco-orientations or heightens or weakens degrees of eco-orientations. To illustrate the applicability of the extended cohesion and coherence theory in Ecological Discourse Analysis, this paper provides a few examples and explains how cohesive devices are employed to organise texts and to convey eco-orientations. But it should be noted that experiential and interpersonal meanings are the prerequisite for the existence of textual meaning. Therefore, analysts of discourse are expected to be familiar with extended transitivity, mood, modality and appraisal systems from the perspective of Ecolinguistics before analysing discourse based on this extended cohesion and coherence theory.

Keywords: Ecolinguistics; cohesion and coherence; ecosophy; Ecological Discourse Analysis

摘要：

为满足生态话语分析的需求,本文对系统功能语言学框架内的衔接与连贯理论进行了生态化的审视和拓展。本文指出,生态语言学视角下的衔接与连贯系统包括三个处于合取关系的子系统：一是作为话语生态取向判断依据的“多元和谐,交互共生”生态哲学观;二是作为话语生态取向判断内容的外部条件,即对话语的生态取向有着必然影响的语域三变量——语场、语旨和语式;三是作为话语生态取向判断内容的内部衔接手段,即在语篇的推进中起组织作用的及物性、语气、时态和语态、指称、替代和省略、连接、重复和搭配、修辞以及语音语调,它们的使用和变换特点或传递一定的生态取向,或使生态取向产生程度上的强弱变化。

关键词: 生态语言学, 衔接与连贯, 生态哲学观, 生态话语分析

CLC Number:

H0-06

He Wei, Ma Chen. Cohesion and Coherence from an Ecolinguistic Perspective[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2020, 42(2): 26-45.

何伟, 马宸. 生态语言学视角下的衔接与连贯[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2020, 42(2): 26-45.

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逻辑语义关系		逻辑标记词示例
阐述类	重述	in other words、that is、namely、也就是、即
	解释	in fact、actually、事实上、其中、至少
	例证	for example、such as、（比）如、举例来说
延展类	增加	and、not only...but also...、既……又……
	承接	and then、after、while、然后、一……就……
	对照	instead、rather、but、同样、与其……不如……
	选择	or、both...and...、或许、是……还是……
增强类	因果	because、so、therefore、由于、以至于、从而
	转折	however、but、instead、否则、不然、却
	目的	in order to、so as、so that、为了、使、以（便）
	条件	if、unless、provided that、只要、如果、只有
	方式	as、as if/though、like、如、像、通过、经由
投射类	极性成分	that、whether、if、是否、可否、能否
投射类	重合成分	when、where、who、why、如何、怎样、谁

逻辑语义关系		逻辑标记词示例
阐述类	重述	in other words、that is、namely、也就是、即
	解释	in fact、actually、事实上、其中、至少
	例证	for example、such as、（比）如、举例来说
延展类	增加	and、not only...but also...、既……又……
	承接	and then、after、while、然后、一……就……
	对照	instead、rather、but、同样、与其……不如……
	选择	or、both...and...、或许、是……还是……
增强类	因果	because、so、therefore、由于、以至于、从而
	转折	however、but、instead、否则、不然、却
	目的	in order to、so as、so that、为了、使、以（便）
	条件	if、unless、provided that、只要、如果、只有
	方式	as、as if/though、like、如、像、通过、经由
投射类	极性成分	that、whether、if、是否、可否、能否
投射类	重合成分	when、where、who、why、如何、怎样、谁