Abstract
Based himself on cybernetics, the author of this paper inquires into the relationship between discourse regulation and context in the process of verbal communication. According to cybernetics, the process of verbal communication is one of verbal discourse regulation where the controlling party transmits the message through verbal codes while the controlled party receives it and gives feedback. The process cycles like this repeatedly and in the whole process, context plays the role of restriction and complementation in selecting and comprehending verbal codes. It is an important factor in optimizing the regulation, avoiding and rectifying deviation of discourse aim and in the process of discourse feedback control.
| Keywords: | theory of control; discourse regulation; context |
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