英语新闻演讲语篇的介入资源分析——以奥巴马就叙利亚危机的电台演讲为例

Analysis of English News Speeches from the Engagement Resources Perspective——Take Obama's Weekly Radio Addresses on Syrian Crisis for Example

选取现任美国总统奥巴马在叙利亚危机最为紧迫的时候连续两周电台演讲作为样本语篇进行分析,运用Martin的评价理论为理论基础来研究新闻演讲语篇中的介入资源。通过对这两篇演讲对话性紧缩资源和扩展资源的数据统计分析,揭示说话者如何隐性地将介入资源融入到演讲中,来表达不同的观点、态度和立场,开启或压制对话空间,以达到感染和说服听者的目的。研究结果发现,新闻演讲中,借言系统的对话性紧缩资源突出,演讲者更加倾向去表现权利,传达话语信息,企图以此潜移默化地影响听众的判断。

This paper selects two successive President Obama’s Weekly Radio Addresses under the background of the Syrian Crisis as research data. In the framework of Appraisal Theory established by Martin, this paper proposes to study the Engagement resources of news speeches text. Based on the statistics and analy?sis of the dialogic contraction and dialogic expansion, it reveals how the speaker implicitly involved the engage?ment resources into the speeches aiming to express different attitudes or stances in language, open or suppress the dialogue, with the purpose of affecting and persuading the listeners. The conclusion of the research is that the dialogic contraction of heteroglossia system is highlighted in news address, aiming to show the power and express information. Consequently, the speaker could subtly influence the judgment of the audience.