责任型情态表达度研究——基于商务英语视角

Study on the Deontic Modality Expressivity

以韩礼德的功能语法理论为基础,研究商务英语语篇中责任情态的表达度。商务英语语篇中限定性情态词出现的频率最高,倾向于使用中量值和低量值的责任型情态来委婉地表达请求、意愿、许可和期望。另外,由于商务英语语篇具有很强的劝说性,使得商务英语语篇具有主观隐性的情态取向,往往采用委婉含蓄的方式表明态度和观点,从而使其态度显得更加客观并易于接受。其高量值的责任型情态所占的比例低于低量值的比例。

On the basis of Halliday＇s systemic-functional grammar, the paper has made research on the expressivity of deontic modality in business English discourses. The finite modal operators have the highest frequency in business English discourses with the median-low-value deontic modality to express requirements, willingness, permission and expectation. In addition,because of the high persuasiveness in business English discourses, they have subjective explicit modal orientations and tend to show the viewpoints and attitudes in an euphemistic way, thus, making their attitudes seem more objective and easy to be accepted. The high-value deontic modality has lower proportion than that of the low-value deontic modality.