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文学作品中人物语言顺应性研究 　　【摘要】The present study is undertaken to investigate the character utterances in literature works on the basis of Jef Verschuerens Linguistic Adaptation Theory．It aims to dig out the mechanism involved in production of character utterance in literature works，that is，whether character utterances are the outcome of linguistic choices interadaptable with language users physical world，social world and mental world． 　　【关键词】Adaptation Theory；Literary Language；Character?蒺s Utterances；Mental World；Social World；Physical World 　　【中图分类号】I106 【文献标识码】A 　　【文章编号】1007-4309（2011）06-0041-2.5 　　 　　Jef Verschueren，Secretary--General of International Pragmatics Association，puts forward a theory of adaptation which is used to understand and explain pragmatics from a new perspective in Understanding Pragmatics．（2000）Moreover，he proposes that pragmatics is actually a perspective on language．He argued that pragmatics should be a general，cognitive，social，and cultural perspective on linguistic phenomena in relation to their usage in forms of behavior．Linguistic Adaptation Theory is the core of the “Pragmatic Perspective”．From the perspective of Adaptation Theory language use can be defined as the continuous making of linguistic choices．What makes it possible for the language users to make choices is the three properties of language：variability，negotiability and adaptability．Language adaptation could be examined from four inter-related angles for a better pragmatic description and explanation，including contextual correlates of adaptability，structural objects of adaptability，dynamics of adaptability and the salience of the adaptation process．The generation of meaning is a dynamic process operating on context-structure interrelationships at various levels of salience． 　　Literature is the art of language，its purpose is to communicate with readers，literature creation and appreciation is a process of interaction between the author and the reader．In order to achieve the goal o