希拉里在耶鲁大学励志演讲的文体分析

Stylistic Analysis of Hallily's Speech in Yale University

文章运用了文体学的理论,语言学相关软件如wconcord以及统计学相关知识,从语音、词汇、句法、修辞、语篇和语境等方面分析了希拉里在耶鲁大学演讲。在语音方面多使用头、尾韵,琅琅上口;在使用词汇方面,多使用第一人称代词以及简单词即非三个及三个音节以上的拉丁词类;句法方面长短句结合,有张有弛,多使用表示过去的时态;在修辞方面,大量使用排比等修辞使文章气势恢宏;语篇方面,为使演讲更加顺畅出现大量衔接词汇。总体来看,该演讲难度系数比较小,比较适合于学生群体。

The text analyzes Hallily’s inspiring speech in Yale University from the aspects of phonology, in which alliteration and rhyme are used for smooth;vocabulary, in which the first personal pronoun and Latinate words of three or more than three sylla-bles for the unformal style of oral speech;syntactic, in which using the past tense sentences and connecting the long and short sen-tences for the rhythm;rhetorical, in which lots of parallelism and antithesis for the whole atmosphere;textual ,which consists of numerous cohesive devices and situation which give a brief introduction about the background of the speech by using the stylistic theories, the software connected to linguistics, for example, w concord, and the statistics. On the whole, the speech is not difficult for graduates to understand.