This paper introduces the conceptual framing of studies of trauma. It considers how, on the one hand, applied linguistics may contribute to this study, responding to the suggestion that trauma ‘can be best understood through plural, multi-disciplinary perspectives’ (Luckhurst 2008: 214), and, on the other hand, the extent to which linguistic studies of trauma can contribute to a better understanding of what Coupland and Coupland (1997: 117) have called ‘discourses of the unsayable’. It argues that the tools of linguistic analysis may be used to understand the role of language in how individuals may experience, recount, and potentially recover from psychological trauma, in personal, literary, and institutional contexts, as exemplified by the papers in this volume.

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语言与创伤：简介

本文介绍了创伤研究的概念框架。一方面，它考虑了应用语言学如何为这项研究做出贡献，以回应“可以通过多元、多学科的观点最好地理解创伤”的建议（Luckhurst 2008：214），另一方面，创伤的语言研究在多大程度上有助于更好地理解 Coupland 和 Coupland (1997: 117) 所说的“不可说的话语”。它认为，语言分析工具可用于理解语言在个人、文学和制度背景下，个人如何体验、叙述心理创伤并可能从心理创伤中恢复中的作用，如本卷中的论文所举例说明的那样。