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1、SelectivityOfUnderstanding Abstract:Thispaperdiscussestheselectivefeatureofunderstanding.Theprocessofunderstandingisinnaturethatofconstructingmeaningandobtaininginformation,meanwhile,toconstructmeaningistointegratedifferentsignsintoatextbymeansofmetaphorandmetonymyandtonaturalizethemean
2、ingofthetext,whichturnsouttobeaprocessofconstantselection.Inaddition,thecontextualfactorssuchasdifferentindividualsorgroupsanddifferentculturalbackgroundsmaketheunderstandingprocessselective.Theknowledgeoftheselectivefeatureofunderstandingplaysanimportantroleintextreading,translationand
3、dailycommunication,especiallyinterculturalcommunicationpractice.Keywords:understanding,selectivity,metaphorandmetonymy,naturalize-tion,context Introduction Inmodernsociety,communicationbecomesoneoftheimportantpartsofpeople'slife,whetheritisdailyco
4、mmunicationorinterculturalcommunication.Inthisprocess,understandingisdefinitelythemostimportantlink,fortheaimofcommunicationistounderstandeachother.Yetdifferentpeopleofdifferentages,sex,orwithdifferentsocialbackgroundsunderdifferentcontextsmayhavedifferentinterpretationstowardsthesamete
5、xt,thatistosay,understand-ingisselective.Forexample,thesentence“今天太累啦!”(Sotiredtoday!) mayhavethefollowingfourdifferentinterpretationsunderdifferentcontextsbydifferentpeople: a.咱们回家吧。(Let'sgobackhome.) b.该睡觉了。(It'stimeforbed.) c.你洗一下碗吧。(Couldyouwashthedishes?) d.今天不看书了。(Iwil
6、lnotdoanyreadingtoday.) Whydoesthishappen?Arethereanyreasonsunderlyingthesesuperficialphenomena?Theauthorofthispaperwillprovideastrongtheoreticalbasisforthesephenomena,giveasystematicexplanationoftheselectivityofunderstandingandalsoraisepeople'sawarenessofitintextreading,translation,
7、andcommunicationpractice. 1.Definingselectivityofunderstanding AccordingtoVerschueren(1999),theprocessofusingandunderstand-inglanguageisthatofconstantlymakingchoices,consciouslyorunconsciously,forlanguage-internaland/orlanguage-externalreasons.Thesechoicescanbesi