报告时间：2025年11月26日（星期三）15:00-18:00
报告地点：翡翠湖校区科教楼A1203室
报 告 人：袁周敏 教授
工作单位：南京大学
举办单位：外国语学院、青年社科学者协会
报告简介：
Previous studies have typically treated ostensible speech acts as routine forms of ostensible refusal, rather than examining them as a distinct phenomenon deserving focused analysis. To address this gap, the present study centers on self-directed ostensible criticisms (SOCs) occurring in gift-giving interactions in A Dream of Red Mansion, exploring their criticizable types, pragmatic functions, and cultural associations within the context of Chinese society. The findings reveal that: SOCs fall into five types: intentional self-deprecation of one’s status, intentional devaluation of the gift, breaches of etiquette, imposition on others, and presupposing others’ disdain, among which intentional self-deprecation of one’s status is the most prevalent. Beyond literal criticisms, SOCs fulfill four pragmatic functions in gift-giving interactions: Constructing a positive self-image, enhancing interpersonal rapport, reinforcing authority, and subtly flattering others. Confucian values of “li” (ritual propriety), and “he” (harmony), jointly shape indirect, socially attuned communication strategies.
报告人简介：
袁周敏，南京大学大学外语部/外国语学院教授，中国语言战略研究中心研究员。南京大学语用学专业博士；两站博士后经历（浙江大学 话语与传播；南京大学 社会学），博士生导师。主要从事语用学与话语研究，围绕“文化多样性与多元文化共生”，在基于中国文化的身份建构与语用学知识体系建构研究、对外话语体系建构与国家形象研究、语言与社会治理研究方面展开工作。主持在研国家社科重点项目1项，完成国家社科一般项目、教育部人文社科项目、中国博士后特别资助各1项，出版专著3部，发表论文80余篇。为The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction撰写英文词条“Online News”。先后入选江苏省“333高层次人才培养工程”和江苏省社科英才。中国大学慕课在线开放课程“语言与生活：语用学导论”“语言科学与艺术”负责人；中国逻辑学会语用学专业委员会副主任。
