文献综述-会话含义与英语中的劝说语功能分析.docVIP

毕业论文文献综述 英语 会话含义与英语中的劝说语功能分析 Literature Review for the Present Study Herbert W. Simon defined persuasion as the art of communication which designed to influence the autonomous judgments on others. It is a form of attempted influence in the sense that it seeks to alter the way others think, feel, or act, but it differs from other forms of influence. (Simon, H. W, 1986:7) Addressed as it is to autonomous, choice-making individuals, persuasion disposes others but does not impose. It affects persuadee’s sense of what is true or false, probable or improbable, as well as their evaluations of people, events, ideas, or proposals. Persuasion is a part and parcel in occupations, such as politics, law, social work, counseling, advertising, marketing, etc. In virtue of this and other reasons, it draws the concern of various circles of scholars at home and abroad. Researchers from different spheres have focused on different aspects of persuasion in line with their objective of study. 1． Research abroad 1.1 The rhetoric approach Persuasion can be dated back to the ancient Greece, which has stood for centuries with other branches of humanities such as politics, literature, law, and religious. Since Greek philosopher Aristotle first systematized the study of persuasion，the technique of rhetoric has been widely applied in different fields and the ranges of their study has been greatly expanded. His treatise, Rhetoric, is regarded as “the most significant works on persuasion ever written” and “the single most important works on the study of speechmaking” (Simon, H. W, 1986:56). Traditional rhetoric is flourished in dealing with practical matters of persuasion involved in politics, ethics, and sociology. However, the traditional rhetoric has its shortcomings as it takes the language property into consideration, while ignores the abundant material of the whole linguistic interaction in concrete context. As one of the sub-linguistics, modern rhetoric stressed the effectiveness of l