Theory of Communicative Action

Professor Sophia M. L. WenLecture at

National Hang-Zhou Teachers College & Beijing Normal University

on May 10, 2007 ~ June 2007

Types of Action

Action orientation

Action situation

Oriented to success

Oriented to understanding

Non-social Instrumentalaction -----

SocialStrategic action

Communicative action

Types of action & Speech acts

Types of linguistically mediated interaction.doc

Formal-pragmatic Relations World

Basic AttitudeObjective Social Subjective

Objectivating CognitiveInstrumental relation

CognitiveStrategicaction

ObjectivisticRelation to self

Norm-conformative

Moral relation to Non-objectivated environment

ObligatoryRelation

CensoriousRelation to self

Expressive Aesthetic Presentation of self

Sensual-spontaneous relation to self

The Concepts of Communicative Action• 個人受文化影響的語言： Standardized in each indi

vidual language.• 相互理解的語言 ( 外顯）： Standard form of speec

h acts.• 現象學的語言（內隱）： Non-standardized, conti

ngent contexts.• 含蓄隱約的語言（創造性詮釋）： Indirect and amb

iguous expressions• 對話的語言： conversations.• 溝通的語言： participates in communication.• 帶動話題的溝通語言 : the coordination of the plan

s of individual participants.• 加上詮釋的溝通 : feeding their interpretations.

The Concepts of Communicative Action: Examples• 我的爸爸• 我要……• 微風吹動髮梢• 月圓花好• 吃過飯了嗎？• X 光片顯示出來的是結果是……• 如果是我的話，我就……• 我看導演不是很在意這部戲是否叫座。

Social action vs. Distortion

Social action

Communicative action

Strategic action

Concealed Strategic action Open Strategic action

Unconscious deception

Conscious deception

Knowledge & Action

• Teleological action (Instrumental, strategic a

ction)• Constative Speech(Conversation ，斷言 )• Normatively regulated a

ction ( 法理與規約）• Dramaturgical action

• Technically & Useful Knowledge

• Empirical knowledge

• Moral-practical knowledge

• Aesthetic-practical knowledge

Social Formation & Principles of Organization

• Primitive

• Traditional

• Liberal-capitalist

• Kinship relations (age, sex)• Political class rule: state power and

socioeconomic classes

• Un-political class rule: wage labor and capital

K, Interest & CMAT

• Technical, Empirical-analytical science, and Social action for Labor:

concerning with control and survival• Practical, Historical-hermeneutical science, and S

ocial interaction: seeking mutual understanding within a common tr

adition• Emancipatory, Socially critical science, Communic

ation via ideal speech situation: freedom from a dogmatic and controlling past

Ideal Speech Situation & Validity Claims

• Equality• Freedom• Subjectivity• Autonomy

• Comprehensibility• Truth• Rightness• Truthfulness

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請舉一例說明溝通的語言類型

• 您能舉出幾個例子？• 溝通行動語言類型表.doc

溝通與策略行動的語型

• Types of linguistically mediated interaction.doc