| 英文摘要 |
Criticism is a common speech act in interpersonal communication and is influenced by various factors, making it inherently complex. Although previous studies have examined Chinese criticism strategies, systematic research focusing on the pragmatic strategies and linguistic features of criticism on social media used by young people in Taiwan remains limited. In view of this, this study investigates critical strategies, syntactic patterns, and lexical choices on the Dcard campus board of a national university in southern Taiwan, with the aim of providing pedagogical implications for Chinese language teachers. A total of 455 posts were analyzed from April 2015 to June 2024. The analysis is based on the pragmatic strategy framework of Blum-Kulka, House, and Kasper (1989). The results show that the most frequently employed criticism strategies include negative evaluation, rhetorical question, condemnation, inquiry, narration, giving reason, concession, and quotation. Commonly used sentence patterns and lexical choices include declarative sentences, interrogative sentences, emphatic adverbs, negations, personal pronouns, and modal particles. In many cases, criticism is expressed through a combination of multiple strategies. Moreover, to attract greater support and agreement, users often apply supportive move strategies that enhance the persuasiveness of their criticism. This study also finds that criticism on the Dcard campus board of a national university in southern Taiwan tends to be more direct and less mitigated due to the factors such as the environment of free speech, the anonymity of the Dcard platform, and the features of its users. In addition, critical expressions on the platform show characteristics of spoken language. Based on these findings, this study proposes several pedagogical implications for Chinese teachers. It is hoped that these insights will assist teachers in guiding learners to better understand and utilize criticism strategies, thereby enhancing their overall pragmatic competence in Chinese. |