Language, Culture, and Ecology: An Exploration of Language Ecology in Pragmatics

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  • Author(s): Zhang, Weiwei
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    English Language Teaching. 2022 15(6):80-87.
  • Publication Date:
    2022
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Additional Information
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      Canadian Center of Science and Education. 1595 Sixteenth Ave Suite 301, Richmond Hill, Ontario, L4B 3N9 Canada. Tel: 416-642-2606; Fax: 416-642-2608; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      8
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    • ISSN:
      1916-4742
      1916-4750
    • Abstract:
      This paper discussed the relationship between language, ecology, and culture, and claimed that the study of linguistic communication as pragmatics should not be confined to the traditional context, but should focus on a broader ecological environment. It analyzed the context of practical communication from the perspective of language ecology beginning with the discussion of the ecological crisis in communication and found that language, like plants and animals in nature, needed the support of the external environment with certain "soil fertility". This paper classified ecological context into two types: internal ecological context (psychological-cognitive context) and external ecological context (natural environment and social environment). Based on this classification, the ecological context of pragmatics was further divided into environment-friendly context, addressee-friendly context, and speaker-friendly ecological context. This paper was an exploratory analysis of language ecology in pragmatics, aiming at helping communicative participants find their ecological niche and adopt appropriate strategies to maintain the ecological balance in pragmatic communication.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1345576