If you didn't know by now, Santa has a soft spot for China. From early November, the plastic cut outs of his rosy cheeks,piercing blue eyes and frothy beard watch you from every doorway, window and shop front. Some h...If you didn't know by now, Santa has a soft spot for China. From early November, the plastic cut outs of his rosy cheeks,piercing blue eyes and frothy beard watch you from every doorway, window and shop front. Some have even remained posted from the previous year. Christmas decorations become the most competitive game in town, with no self-respecting business wanting to be left behind breathing in tinsel dust.展开更多
The text analyzed in this paper is"Grandma",which is the first chapter extracted from one of Roald Dahl’s puffin books George’s Marvellous Medicine.This paper analyzes it according to discourse analysis th...The text analyzed in this paper is"Grandma",which is the first chapter extracted from one of Roald Dahl’s puffin books George’s Marvellous Medicine.This paper analyzes it according to discourse analysis theories put forward by Michael Hoey and Eugene Winter.Special emphasis will be put on Hoey’s theory of clause relations.展开更多
文摘If you didn't know by now, Santa has a soft spot for China. From early November, the plastic cut outs of his rosy cheeks,piercing blue eyes and frothy beard watch you from every doorway, window and shop front. Some have even remained posted from the previous year. Christmas decorations become the most competitive game in town, with no self-respecting business wanting to be left behind breathing in tinsel dust.
文摘The text analyzed in this paper is"Grandma",which is the first chapter extracted from one of Roald Dahl’s puffin books George’s Marvellous Medicine.This paper analyzes it according to discourse analysis theories put forward by Michael Hoey and Eugene Winter.Special emphasis will be put on Hoey’s theory of clause relations.