What Does EXHIBITION Exhibit: A Comparative Domain Transitivity Analysis

What Does EXHIBITION Exhibit: A Comparative Domain Transitivity Analysis

本研究從功能和操作兩大面向來探索EXHIBITION（展覽）這個詞彙在藝術和休閒領域相關的書面語言中所蘊含的語意概念。在功能面向上，EXHIBITION在藝術領域中所賦予的角色較為多樣化；相反地，EXHIBITION在休閒領域中扮演較為靜態的角色。在操作面向上，EXHIBITION在藝術範疇中帶有既有影響力又兼具被動性的特質；相比之下，EXHIBITION在休閒範疇中則扮演較為活躍的角色。我們的研究結果指出：一、EXHIBITION在不同領域所呈現的語意特性和相關的經驗反映了參觀者的期望；二、策展理論中對於「展覽」所賦予的角色概念與其在語言中的體現存在差異。

We investigated how the notion EXHIBITION is transitively profiled in the written communication targeted at arts- and leisure-minded readers in terms of functional and operational meaning dimensions. Along the functional dimension, exhibitions are characterized in more diverse roles in arts; on the contrary, exhibitions are typecast as taking on more static roles in leisure. Along the operational dimension, exhibitions are characterized as both efficacious and inert at the same time in arts; comparatively, exhibitions are pictured uniformly as more active and vigorous in leisure. Our findings demonstrated (i) the comparative disciplinary transitivity portrayals and associated ideational representations of EXHIBITION, which might reflect the expectations of visitors, and (ii) the differential role conceptions built up in curatorial views in contrast to linguistic profiles.