任育新所著的《学术建议中的身份建构》聚焦于学术建议中的专家建议者身份建构。首先，基于实践社区理论(The Community of Practice)和Richards(2006)的“默认身份(default identities)”概念，该书提出了“变异性(或偏离性)身份”的概念，并通过话语分析方法对学术建议中的这两类身份及其子类别以及专家建议者建构这些身份的语用语言策略进行了详细考察。同时，该书还细致地呈现了学术建议中专家建议者身份建构的动态性，主要包括对默认专家身份的修饰和身份之间的转换。最后，在Verschueren的语言顺应论框架下，该书还对专家建议者身份的多样性及其身份建构的动态性进行了系统阐释。作者指出，专家建议者身份建构的多样性和动态性是为了满足学术建议中不同层次的交际需要，包括有效实施建议的首要交际需要和构建和谐人际关系的次要交际需要。作者将面子理论和礼貌原则的相关内容纳入到语言顺应论的宏观框架之下，使其形成了语言顺应论的具体分析模块。

任育新所著的《学术建议中的身份建构》基于语言顺应论的分析框架，以中国语境下博士论文开题报告会上专家委员会成员的建议话语为研究对象，运用话语分析方法系统考察了这些专家在实施建议时为满足特定交际需要而建构的身份的类型及相应的语用语言策略、身份建构的动态性以及制约身份建构的语境因素等。《学术建议中的身份建构》对了解学术口语互动中交际者身份建构的基本特征及动囟、揭示交际者建议行为的实施与其身份建构之间的互动关系具有参考价值。

Chapter One Introduction

 1.1 Identities in Acadmic Interaction: A Preview

 1.2 Aims of the Study

 1.3 Structure of the Book

Chapter Two Identity Construction, Academic Interaction and Advising

 2.1 Identity and Identity Construction

 2.2 Identity Construction in Academic Interaction

 2.3 Studies on Advising

 2.4 Summary

Chapter Three Identity Construction as Pragmatic Adaptation

 3.1 Theoretical Background

 3.2 Identity Construction as Pragmatic Adaptation

 3.3 Summary

Chapter Four Methodology

 4.1 Data Collection

 4.2 Data Analysis

 4.3 Summary

Chapter Five Constructing Identities Through Making Linguistic Choices

 5.1 Default Identity and Linguistic Choices for Its Construction

 5.2 Deviational Identities and Linguistic Choices for Their Construction

 5.3 Distribution of Various Identities in Advising Sequences

 5.4 Summary

Chapter Six Constructing Identity as a Dynamic Process

 6.1 Identity Modification in Academic Advising Sequences

 6.2 Identity Shift in Academic Advising Sequences

 6.3 Summary

Chapter Seven Identity Construction Adaptive to Contextual Correlates to Satisfy Communicative Needs,.

 7.1 Constructing Identity Dynamically to Satisfy Communicative Needs in Academic Advising Interaction

 7.2 Identity Construction as an Adaptation to Various Contextual Correlates in Academic Advising Interaction

 7.3 Summary

Chapter Eight Conclusion

 8.1 Major Findings

 8.2 Implications of the Study

 8.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for the Further Work

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