Specialized Discourse Analysis Focused on Terms: A Case Study of the “One Belt and One Road” Discourse

doi:10.12339/j.issn.1673-8578.2024.04.010

Abstract

Abstract:

Specialized Discourse Analysis (SCDA), as an improvement upon the theory of Terminology Cognitive Discourse Analysis (TCDA), explicitly extends from the former terminological perspective to the specialized disciplinary perspective, which primarily includes three steps: specialized identification of discourse, specialized interpretation of discourse, and comprehensive analyses of discourse. The aim of SCDA is to examine and comprehend discourse from a specialized standpoint focused on terms, and to help the ordinary people understand the specialized content and its application within discourse. Taking “the Belt and Road” discourse as an example, we conducted a specialized discourse analysis. After establishing relevant discourse corpora and terminology lists, we analyzed the cognitive semantic and grammatical contents of the representative term “the Belt and Road”, integrated terms and other linguistic representations within the discourse, and evaluated the discourse according to three principles of the specialized disciplinary perspective. Our findings demonstrate: (1)the core cognitive mechanism of the term “the Belt and Road” lies in conceptual metonymy, involving constructionalization processes like structural reduction; (2)the common discourse of this term, based on conceptual metaphor and conceptual blending, builds connections between specialized frameworks and common frameworks; (3)means of improving authenticity and positivity of the discourse include citing remarks from authoritative experts, applying modal words with both high and low values, and minimizing the usage of personal subjects and ambiguous vocabulary, etc.

Key words: specialized discourse, terminology discourse analysis, Terminology Cognitive Discourse Analysis (TCDA), “the Belt and Road”

PENG Yi, DU Lina, ZHANG Xueying. Specialized Discourse Analysis Focused on Terms: A Case Study of the “One Belt and One Road” Discourse[J]. China Terminology, 2024, 26(4): 80-92.

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构式分类	构式化过程	构式动因	构式机制
语法构式修辞构式	词汇化: 成分固化、成分顺序固化、句法功能单一化、韵律固化	语言的经济原则	韵律和双音化的强化内容功能的消失和弱化语义表达的焦点和重心构式框架的压缩
	语法化: 诱因之一:常规结构式的超常组合组合成分的词类变异、义类变异、词义变异组合成分的省略、紧缩、添加、叠合		韵律和双音化的强化内容功能的消失和弱化语义表达的焦点和重心构式框架的压缩
	语境: 语境效应语境吸收

构式分类	构式化过程	构式动因	构式机制
语法构式修辞构式	词汇化: 成分固化、成分顺序固化、句法功能单一化、韵律固化	语言的经济原则	韵律和双音化的强化内容功能的消失和弱化语义表达的焦点和重心构式框架的压缩
	语法化: 诱因之一:常规结构式的超常组合组合成分的词类变异、义类变异、词义变异组合成分的省略、紧缩、添加、叠合		韵律和双音化的强化内容功能的消失和弱化语义表达的焦点和重心构式框架的压缩
	语境: 语境效应语境吸收

语境	语场	语旨	语式
语义	概念意义	人际意义	谋篇意义
词汇语法	实义词及物性结构句群/词群	评价性词汇(态度词汇、极差词汇、介入词汇) 语气结构情态	衔接手段主位结构信息结构

语境	语场	语旨	语式
语义	概念意义	人际意义	谋篇意义
词汇语法	实义词及物性结构句群/词群	评价性词汇(态度词汇、极差词汇、介入词汇) 语气结构情态	衔接手段主位结构信息结构

要素	内容(举例)	影响^①
情态词	必须、一定、应该、可能	情态越高,准确性越高
权威^②	领军人物、环保主义者、生物学家	增强准确性
数量词	全部、许多、一些、3个	越精确,准确性越高
模糊语	“某某认为”“某某相信”	越模糊,准确性越低
预设语	“理所当然”“在讨论或待讨论的”	降低准确性