Sorin Stati, a linguist
- 作者：Aless ; ro Capone
- 关键词：Identity ; Metaphor ; Intertextuality ; Co-text ; Uptake ; Felicity
- 刊名：Journal of Pragmatics
- 出版年：2008
- 期刊代码：79_03782166
- 类别：cp
- 出版时间：March 2008
- 卷：40
- 期：3
- 页码：581-582
- 文件大小：62 K
摘要
In this article I propose an augmented pragmatic framework for interpreting metaphors of identity, built upon Grice's co-operative principle and incorporating Levinson's concept of uptake and Austin's notion of felicity. The framework is applied to a selection of intertextual identity metaphors drawn from The Guardian's dating ad column, ‘Soulmates’. First I provide a detailed exposition of the textual and discursive workings of a small selection of typical fictional metaphors in these dating ads, to show how co-textual selections steer interpretation and contribute to a metaphor's success, or felicity. Then discussion turns to consideration of how these textual and discursive processes might be mapped onto the proposed pragmatic framework of recognition, uptake and felicity.