Research Paths of Ecological Discourse Analysis:An Outline
Ecological Discourse Analysis,as one of the main research paradigms in the field of Eco-linguistics,has gradually gained acceptance in discourse studies focusing on ecological issues during its rise.Its research path implies three stages.Firstly,at the macro level,it clarifies the guiding ideology or the ecosophy for the judgment of the ecological orientation of discourse;secondly,at the meso and micro levels,it conducts discourse analysis to reveal the ecological orientation of discourse;thirdly,it proposes ecological suggestions to enhance people's ecological awareness,and to guide their ecological behavior.Given the current research status,in order to better promote ecological discourse analysis to serve ecologi-cal civilization education and construction,the academic community needs to strengthen the interpretation of guiding ideology and the exploration of relevant guidelines at the macro level,to enhance the reference and comprehensive application of interdisciplinary theoretical means and research methods at the meso and micro levels,and to pay more attention to the effectiveness and operability of ecological suggestions in specific practices.