On the Social Construction Function of Rhetoric

Journal of Language Situation and Language Service (ISSN 3078-3755) 

JLSLS, Vol.1, No.1,2025, pp.87-96

社会建构的修辞维度研究

朱虹宇（Zhu Hongyu）^[1]，孙继成（Sun Jicheng）^[2]

摘要：社会建构有现实维度，亦有修辞维度，两个维度在实际社会建构过程中相互融合。如其所是地接受社会呈现出的客观实在，将所有眼见视为绝对现实，就有可能忽略修辞的建构属性对现实的改变；过度怀疑现实，将眼见之物视为修辞产物，则有可能陷入修辞决定论的语言陷阱。本研究承接批评话语分析中对话语之建构属性的讨论，以修辞为理论立足点，关注修辞参与社会建构的诸多方面，包括科学、政治、社会认知、国际关系等，旨在为探讨修辞参与不同层面的社会建构提供观点支持，同时推动公众以修辞的视角批评性地看待社会现实，避免被动卷入有害的现实建构之中。

关键词：修辞；社会建构；科学；政治；社会认知；国际关系

Title: On the Social Construction Function of Rhetoric

Abstract: Social construction has both a realistic dimension and a rhetorical dimension. These two dimensions are essentially distinct, but in the actual process of social construction, they have merged, making it difficult to distinguish between them in terms of precedence and im­portance. If one uncritically accepts the objective reality presented by society and views all observations as absolute reality, it may be possible to overlook the constructive attributes of rhetoric to reality. Conversely, adopting an excessively skeptical attitude towards reality, view­ing all observations as rhetorical constructs, may lead to the danger of falling into rhetorical determinism. To strike a balance between reality and rhetoric, the authors have elucidated the deep involvement of rhetoric in social reality construction, such as science, politics, public cognition, and international relations. Simultaneously, it extends the discussion to examine the constructive role of Chinese diplomatic rhetoric within the unique social context of China. The aim is to encourage people to critically engage with social realities while maintaining a rhetor­ical mode of thinking, thereby having a clear cognitive understanding and firm stance in com­plex information networks.

Keywords: rhetoric; social construction; science; politics; social cognition; international rela­tions

^[1] 朱虹宇（Zhu Hongyu），北京师范大学外国语言文学学院博士后，研究方向：西方修辞学、翻译理论与实践。电邮：hongyu_zhu23@163.com。

^[2] 孙继成（Sun Jicheng）（通讯作者），山东理工大学外国语学院副教授、硕士研究生导师，研究方向：口述史、国际汉学、典籍翻译及现当代文学英译。电邮：jichengsun@sdut.edu.cn