此論文主旨在調查臺灣的中國基督徒用語。作者採用了 Roman Jakobson
的語言模式, 及Dell Hymes 的言談的民族學來分析基督徒禱告的成份。
此研究目標在幫助非基督徒來了解禱告的場合, 內容及目的。此研究並調
查基督徒和非基督徒對基督教標語的接受度和術語的熟悉度。問卷的調查
結果顯示個人的宗教類別及參予教會活動的時間長短和頻率對基督教標語
的接受度和術語的熟悉度有重大的影響。而從社會語言學的觀點來看, 個
人的意識形態文化的禁忌和團體的認同也都會影響其對基督教用語的接受
度。同時作者也分析基督徒用語的特性, 包括語文策略如暗喻和明喻, 文
體策略如成語的使用, 以及它們的功能。

The present study investigates the contemporary Chinese
Christian language used in Taiwan. The author was initiated by
Jakobson's model of language to analyze the Christian registers
from a linguistic point of view. Dell Hymes' ethnography of
speaking is further adopted to examine minutely the components
of the Christian prayer. This research helps non-Christians to
understand the situations, the act sequences, and the purposes
of this speech event. Another interest in this study is the
presentation and interpretation of Christian registers,
including Christian jargons and slogans. This part of the
research is designed as a questionnaire to inquire both
Christians and non-Christians of their acceptability of those
slogans and their familiarity with those jargons. A closer
look into the characteristics of the Christian registers
displays their semantic devices, such as the use of metaphors
and similes, their stylistic devices, such as the use of the
idiomatic expressions. Some of these are further discussed in
terms of their functions. The results of the questionnaire
suggest that one's religion, participation time, and
participation frequency significantly affect the language user'
s acceptability of the Christian slogans and his familiarity
with the Christian jargons. Besides, such sociolinguistic
perspectives as ideology, cultural taboo, and group identity
have also been found to play a role in the hearer's acceptance
or refusal of such religious expressions.
The present study investigates the contemporary Chinese