论美国总统在中国大学演讲的人际意义

The Interpersonal Meaning of Speeches Delivered by American Presidents in China's Universities

政治演讲语篇蕴含着丰富的人际意义。文章以美国总统在中国大学的演讲为语料,从语气、情态和人称入手,对这一类演讲的人际意义进行了实证性的研究,发现这一类的演讲具有其特定的人际意义特色。从语气来说,三位总统的演讲都是以陈述句为主,表明他们的演讲内容是关于美国的种种客观信息;从情态上看,他们多采用中量值的概率句来传递这些客观信息,显示了他们自己在主观上为所宣讲的内容留有余地;从人称来看,三位总统所偏重的人称代词揭示了他们与听众的距离。

Political speeches abound in interpersonal meaning.With speeches delivered by American Presidents in Chinese universities as corpus,this paper makes a statistical study of the interpersonal meaning in them through mood,modality and personal pronouns,aiming to provide partly an interpersonal picture as objectively as possible.