阿伦·斯提比(Arran Stibbe)给出的“生态语言学”的最新定义,认为生态语言学是有关“语言在人类、其他物种和物理环境之间的生命可持续互动中的作用研究”(Stibbe 2021)。以往的研究关注语言对生态系统的影响,而该新思想下的语言是生态系统的一个重要组成部分。本文以斯提比的生态语言学新近思想为起点,在梳理生态语言学研究与话语分析基本框架的基础上,反思这一研究路径对我国生态话语分析研究的启示。在中国语境下,生态话语分析研究需聚焦以下三个方面:(1)挖掘我国传统文化的生态价值;(2)细化生态话语的类型;(3)着力提升生态素养水平。这对我国生态语言学研究的进一步拓展大有裨益。

Arran Stibbe defines the term “ecolinguistics” as “the study of the role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of humans with other species and the physical environment” in the monograph of second edition entitled Ecolinguistics (Stibbe 2021). Previous studies inclined to “influencing how humans treat ecosystems”, however, it has been changed into “seeing language as part of ecosystems” under the guidance of new thought. Starting from Stibbe’s recent thought, this study reviews ecolinguistics studies and the general framework of discourse analysis, focusing on implications for ecological discourse analysis in China. The results show that our ecological discourse analysis should concentrate on three aspects: (1) exploring the ecological value of our traditional culture, (2) refining the types of ecological discourse, and (3) improving the level of ecological literacy. This is of great significance in terms of further developments of ecolinguistics studies in China.