A comparative study of pragmatic strategies on banter and sarcasm—A case study of character dialogues from A Dream of Red Mansions
To study the role and influence of pragmatic strategies in construction and coordination of interpersonal relationships,character dialogues using sarcasm and banter strategies in A Dream of Red Mansions were selected for pragmatic analysis and comparison.It is found that both strategies achieve communicative purposes by widening the gap between the discourse informative intention and the communicative intention,where the farther the gap is,the greater the intensity grows;however,the two strategies are opposite in terms of discourse purpose,informative intention,and communicative intention.The flexible use of the strategies helps the speaker coordinate interpersonal relationships effectively and achieve communicative purposes successfully.In character dialogues of literary works,the selection and adoption of pragmatic strategies are conducive to the construction of characters'identity,status,personality and linguistic talent,which is the embodiment of literary creation mirroring real life.
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