大学英语听力测试中的语用推理

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摘    要
 本文首先结合大学英语学习实际阐明了听力在大学英语听力测试中的重要性，并对听力及其听力理解失误的原因进行了简单的分析。接着阐述了语用推理的一些研究内容及与大学英语听力测试相关的一些理论知识：语用假设，会话含义，间接言语理论，关联理论。然后结合大学英语听力测试的实际分析了近十年间大学英语听力测试题目，讨论了大学英语听力测试与语用推理的关系，并具体讲述了语用推理在大学英语听力测试中的实际运用。最后提出了一些具有实践意义的建议。
 
 关键词：听力；语用推理；大学英语听力测试
 
ABSTRACT
 This paper first explores the significance of listening in college English listening tests according to the practical situation of college English learning and has a simple analysis about the reason why students have listening failure. It then elaborates some theories of pragmatic inference which are related with college English listening tests: pragmatic presupposition, conversational implicature, indirect speech act theory, relevance theory. After that depending on the actuality of college English listening tests，a study based on the latest 10 years’ questions of CET6 is conducted and discussion is about the relationships between college English listening tests and pragmatic inference. Meanwhile it elaborates the practical use of pragmatic inference in college English listening tests. In the end, some suggestions are provided from the perspective of pragmatic inference.
 
Keywords：listening；pragmatic inference；college English listening tests

Contents

1. Introduction 1
2. Listening comprehension 2
2.1 Nature and processes of listening 2
2.2 Causes of the deficiency of listening comprehension 3
3. Literature review of pragmatic inference 5
3.1 Definition of pragmatic inference 5
3.2 Present theories of pragmatic inference 5
4. Underlying theories of pragmatic inference 7
4.1 Pragmatic presupposition 7
4.2 Conversational implicature 7
4.3 Indirect speech act theory 8
4.4 Relevance theory 8
5. Pragmatic inference in college listening tests 10
5.1 Pragmatic presupposition in listening comprehension 10
5.2 Conversational implicatures in listening comprehension 11
5.3 Indirect Speech Acts in listening comprehension 12
5.4 Relevance Theory in listening comprehension 13
6. Conclusion 15
Acknowledgements 16
References 17

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