Analysis of Fictional Conversations Based on Pragmatic Adaptation

The present study will take pragmatic adaptation proposed by Jef Verschueren as its theoretical foundation to approach fictional conversations. According to the theory of pragmatic adaptation, every unique linguistic and extra-linguistic choice made by speakers in the process of conversation, whether consciously or not, will certainly make special stylistic effects. The pragmatic adaptation theory studying all levels of language provides a new perspective and framework to analyze the language of fictional conversations on the basis of social, cultural and cognitive contexts