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1、JournalofPragmatics42(2010)28892897ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectJournalofPragmaticsjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/pragmaSituation-boundutterancesaspragmaticactsIstvanKecskesStateUniversityofNewYork,Albany,UnitedStatesARTICLEINFOABSTRACTAr
2、ticlehistory:Thegoalofthepaperistodiscusshowsituation-boundutterances(Kecskes,1997,2000,Received1June20102003)relatetopragmemes(Mey,2001)thatrefertogeneralizedpragmaticacts.Inpragmaticinterpretationthecognitive-philosophicallineofresearchappearstoputKeywo
3、rds:moreemphasisonthepropositionexpressed(e.g.Horn,2005;Levinson,2000)whiletheSocio-cognitiveapproachsocio-culturalinteractionalline(e.g.Verschueren,1999;Mey,2001)underscorestheSituation-boundutterancesimportanceofallowingsocio-culturalcontextintolinguist
4、icanalysis.FollowingthePragmaticactssocio-culturalinteractionallineMeyclaimedthattheexplanatorymovementinatheorySpeechactsSocio-culturalbackgroundofpragmaticactsisfromtheoutsidein:thefocusisontheenvironmentinwhichbothConversationalroutinesspeakerandhearer
5、findtheiraffordances,suchthattheentiresituationisbroughttobearPriorcontextonwhatcanbesaidinthesituation,aswellasonwhatisactuallybeingsaid(Mey,Actualsituationalcontext2001:221).InthepaperIwillarguethatfromtheperspectiveofSBUstheexplanatorymovementshouldgoin
6、bothdirections:fromtheoutsideinandfromtheinsideout.ThisisbecauseSBUsnotonlyfitintoandboundtocertainsituationsbuttheyalsocreateandhelptomaintainthosesituations.ß2010ElsevierB.V.Allrightsreserved.1.IntroductionThesocio-culturalinteractionalviewonpragmatics(e
7、.g.Verschueren,1999;Mey,2001)considerspragmaticsasageneralcognitive,socialandculturalperspectiveonlinguisticphenomenainrelationtotheirusageinformsofbehavior(Verschueren,1999:7).Thislineofthinkingwascreatedpartlyasanopposingviewtothecomponentapproachtoprag
8、maticsrepresentedbyneo-griceanpragmatics,relevancetheory,andspeechacttheory.Meys(2001)pragmaticacttheory(PAT)originatesinthesocio-culturalinteractionalviewemphasizingthepriorityofsocio-culturalandsocietalfactorsinme