最佳关联理论在英语语篇阅读中的应用.docx

最佳关联理论在英语语篇阅读中的应用.docx

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最佳关联理论在英语语篇阅读中的应用

TheApplicationoftheOptimalRelevanceTheory

inEnglishReadingComprehension

XX级教学研究项目，项目代码XXXXX

Abstract:

ThispapermainlydiscussestheapplicationoftheRelevanceTheoryespeciallyOptimalTheoryinEnglishextensivetextualreadingcomprehension.Asisknowntoall,readingisthemostimportantchannelinthetextualreadingcomprehension.Soafterathroughlyintroductionaboutreadingcomprehentionincludingthedefinitionofreadingandthenatureandproblemsofreadingandadetaileddiscussiononsomeconnectedtheories（suchascommunicativeprinciple，congnitiveapproach，etc.）andadetaileddiscussiononsomeconnectedtheories（suchascommunicativeprinciple，congnitiveapproach，etc.）,webuildtheconnectionbetweenrelevancetheoryandtextualanalysiscomprehention,atthesametimewemakesverydetailedanalysis.Intheend，thethesisgivessomeimportantsignificanceofrelevancetheoryintheenglishtextualreadingcomprehension,whichapplynotonlytothereaders,buttotheteachers.

摘要:

这篇文章主要讨论了优化理论尤其是最佳优化理论在英语阅读理解中的应用。

然而，在文章的理解中,阅读是最重要的途径.所以.在详细的介绍了阅读的定义.本质和当前存在的问题后.引入了一些相关的理论（例如交际原则，认知方法等等）,我们建立了优化理论和理解分析的联系,同时还进行了详细的分析.最后,本文给出了关联理论对文章阅读理解的重要意义,它不仅适合读者,也适合教师.

Keywords:

EnglishTextReading;OptimalRelevanceTheory;ApplicationoftheOptimalRelevance;ImplicationsoftheRelevanceTheory

1.Preface

Duetotheimportanceofreadingcomprehensionamongthefourbasicforeignsecondlanguageacquisitionskills，considerableattentionhasbeenpaidtothepedagogicapproachofimprovingreadingproficienecyofreaders.Readingcomprehensionisaninterdisciplinaryarea.Mainstreamresearchesonreadingcomprehensionanalysisaremainlyfromapsycholinguisticperspective，schematicperspective，andSLAperspective.Althoughthesedifferentperspeectiveshaveledtoouroverallunderstandingthenatureofreadingcomprehensionproeess，thequestionofhowtocarryouttheprocessofreadingandachievesueeessfulreadingisstillfarfrombeingcomplete.RelevanceTheory（RT）proposedbySperberandWilson（1995），asacommunicativetheoryofcognitivepragmatics,isdedicatedtothestudiesoftheostensive一inferentialcommunicationandorientedtoestablishageneralprincipleofinterpretingsuccessufllytheinnermechnaismofhumancommunication.Ithasbeenwidelyappliedtoanalyzingstylisticfeatures,translation,syntax,discourse，mediadiscourseandsoon.ThethesisisanattempttoexpoundthereadingcomprehensionprocessandwishtoexploreaneffectivereadingmodelintheRTfrmaeworktoapplytotheteachingofEnglishreading.FromtheperspectiveofRT,theaimofreadingcomprehensionistoobtainthewriter’sintendedmeaning.Readingisregardedasanostensive一inferentialcommunication，whichisapsycholinguisticprocess:

readersstartwithasetoflinguisticsymbols（ostensivestimuli）thathavebeenchosenbywriterstorepresentthethoughtthattheywishtoexpress;itendswhenreadershaveinteprertedasmuchofthewriter’sintendedmenaingasisrelevancetothembyinference.Readersfollowageneralprincple一searchforoptimalrelevance，inthewholeprocessactively.Therefore，howtosearchtheoptimalrelevantinformationbymeansofinferencetoformcontextualeffectswithinlimitedtimeisthekeytoimprovetheefficiencyofreadingcomprehension.

Inthispaper,thethesisreviewsthecontentsandfunctionofboththestudiesofEnglishReadingComprehension（ERC）andtheRelevanceTheory（RT）.RelevanceTheoryisatheorywidelyusedinthefieldofthetranslationresearchaswellasthediscussingontheconununicatingprocessbetweenthespeakersandthelistenersinspokenlanguage:

itisseldomusedbyexpertsinEnglishtextualreadingcomprehension.Althoughthereareafewresearchpapersthatfocusonthesubject,combineERCandRTtogether,butmostofthethesesjuststopthesurfacerelationshipbetweenthem,butnotdeeplydigthecombinationbetweenthem.Someisevenjustabriefintroductiontothemormerelyaliteraturereview.ThisthesissupportsanewpossibleapplicationofOptimalRelevanceTheoryinreadingcomprehension.Afteradetaileddiscussiononsomeconnectedtheories（suchascommunicativeprinciple,cognitiveapproach，ete.）,theauthormakesverydetailedquestionnaires;withthedown一to一earthattitude,wegettheconclusionthatonecangetabetterunderstandingaboutacertaintopicifhehasmoreknowledgethatothers,andsuchNVIcanbeenlargedanddevelopedbyconscioustrainingareproved,aconclusionisreached.Thethesisgivessomeimportantsignificancenotonlytothereaders,buttotheteachers.ThestudyofthecombinationoftheOptimalRelevanceandthetextreadinggivesnotonlyaviewofthestrategiesforEnglishtextreading,butalsoexeavatesanewapplicationofRelevanceTheory.

1．IntroductionofEnglishreadinganalysisandcomprehension

EnglishtextreadingisthemostimportantpartofthefourEnglishleamingskillstoallthenon一nativeleamers.Anadvancedproficiencylevelsinaseeondlanguage，theabilitytoreadthewrittenlanguageatareasonablerateandwithgoodcomprehensionhaslongbeenrecgnizedasanimportantoralskills,butmanylearnersseemstohavesomedifficulitiesintheanalysisandcomprehensionofEnglishtextsreading.ThepaperfocusesonEnglishtextreadingintheclassroom,thereadabletextsintextbooksorinsomekindsoftests，whichisapplicabletomostlearnersandteachers.

1.1Whatisthereading?

AccordingtoAnderson，readingistheprocessofconstructingmeaningfromwrittentexts.Itisacomplexskillrequiringthecoordinationofnumberofinterrelatedsourcesofinformation.Mostedueatorandscholarsagreethatreadingisoneofimportantelementsinhumansociallife,animportantmeansofgettingknowledgeandpereeivingtheworldafundamentalwayofstudying.Readingisanactiveinformationseekingproeessinwhichreadersrelateinformationinthetexttowhattheyalreadyknow,soreadingisaninteraetionbetweenthewriterandthereader.Whenthereaderssitdowntoread，theirknowledgeofthelanguageallowsthemtoidentifythebasisformsandmeaningsofprintedwordsandsentences.Atthesametime，theirknowledgeoftheworldingeneralandofthesubjectmatterinparticularallowsthemtocomprehendthesewordsandsentencesbycomparingthemtoknowledgestoredintheirbrain.Goodreadersreadformeaning:

theydonotwastetimedecodingeachletteroreachwordinthetext.Instead，theytakeinwholechunksofthetextrelyingontheirknowledgeofthelanguageandofthesubject，mattertomakepredictionsastowhatislikelyfollowandtointerpretwhatismeant.

1.2Functionofthereading

Inthediscssionoffunctionaboutreading,everypeoplehastheirownopinions.Intheviewoflinguists,readinghasthreeprimaryfunctions.Nextwewillmakeafrondosepresention.

1.2.1ReadingComprehensionasaCommunieatingfunctionbetweenthewritersandreaders

Intheinieraction，thewritercomposedthecontentandwordingofthetextinserviceoftheirsocialandcommunicativegoals，whilethereaderattemptstorecoverandreconstructtheintendedmessageandthewriter’sgoalsduringcomprehension.Inotherwords,itisacommunicatingprocessbetweenthewritersandthereaders,codes（information）aretransferredbyreadingmaterials,anditisbothanencodinganddeeodingway.Thatistosay，readingisaechievedbythewriter’sencodingmeaninginawrittentextandbythereader’sdecodingthetexttomeaning.Obviouslythecodemodelistoosimple，butreadingcomprehensioninvolvesmorethanthesimpleproeessofreeognizingtheletters，words，phrasesandelauses.Readingcomprehensionhasbeenregardedasapsyehologicalprocesswhichstartswithalinguisticrepresentationencodedbythewriter（eneoder）andtheendswiththemeaningthatthereaderconstructs.Firstly，thewriter

shouldhavesomemessagesinmind，whichhewantssomebodyelsetoshare.Thenthewritereneodesthesemessagesintowordsasawrittentext.Finally，thereader（deeoder）maygetthesemessagebydecodingthetext，aftertheinformationentersthebrainsofthereader,thecommunicationisachieved

1.2.2ReadingComprehensionasaInferencefunctionfromthecommunication

Becauseofsomedifficultyinexpresscompletelyintentionofwriter,sothewritercann’twriteeverythinginthetextandusuallyomittheirexplanationsandinformationthattheythinkthereaderswillbeabletosupply.Whenthereadersknowasmuchasormoreinformationthanthewriterswrite，thecommunicationbetweenthemwillbeachievedeasily.Theminimumrequirementisthattheyshouldshareasamecode.Butsometimessincethewritersthinkthatthereadersmusthavesomethingincommonwiththeirs，theytakeforgrantedandomitmoreinformationthanwhatthereaderknow.Butmeanwhileforthosewhosharelessincommonwiththewritersthereadercann’tcompletelythewriter’sintention,nowthereadershavetomakereferencebyusingtheverticalinformationaswellasthenon-verticalinformationfromtheirownbackgroundtodrawconclusionaboutthemeaning.Somakinginferencemeansformingopinionsofthewriter’intentionbasedonnotonlywhatisdircetlystatedbutalsoonwhatisindircetlysuggestedorimplied，sothereadershavetoputthepiecesofinformationtogethertodrawreasonableinference.

1.2.3ReadingComprehensionasaFunctionofSeekingOptimalRelevance

Lotsofscholarshaveincommonwiththeperspective,thatisreadingcannotonlymakeusgetsomeknowledge,enlargeourvision,relaxourmind,butalsohasthePsycholinguisticfunction,thatis,itisacognitivefunction,thereadersneedtomakeuseofboththeirvisualinformation（Vl）andnon一visualinformation（NVl）inordertounderstandwhattheyread.Whenthe