Verbal Duelling

语言争斗，舌战

In sociolinguistics, a term which refers to the competitive use of language, within a game-like structure, with rules that are known and used by the participants. It is a genre of verbal play - a ritual dialogue in which each speaker attempts to outdo an opponent by producing an utterance of increased verbal ingenuity. It has been noted, for example, in the ritual exchanges between warriors in classical epic texts as well as in the trading of insults between present-day street gangs.

社会语言学术语，指在一个类似游戏的结构内竞争性地使用语言，参与者知道和使用共同的规则。属于语言游戏的一种——仪式性的对话，每个说话人试图说出更加独出心裁的话来压倒对方。例如古典史诗中武士之间仪式性的叫阵对骂，当今街头歹徒帮派之间的对骂。