Classroom discourse analysis plays a significant role in linguistics and language teaching. The present research is a case study, aiming to explore how the Interpersonal meta-function is reflected in the English class...Classroom discourse analysis plays a significant role in linguistics and language teaching. The present research is a case study, aiming to explore how the Interpersonal meta-function is reflected in the English classroom discourse, as well as to provide some suggestions for pedagogical improvement based on the findings. The results of the analysis indicate that in terms of Mood, the declarative clause is most frequently used, followed by the interrogative and imperative clause respectively; in terms of modality, the teacher uses modal verbs and Mood Adjuncts to express the degree of certainty; in terms of personal pronouns, the teacher prefers to use the first person plural pronouns. It is suggested that the class should be student-centered and that an equal teacher-student relationship should be established.展开更多
With the penetration of the Internet, virtual groups have become more and more popular. The reliability and accuracy of interpersonal perception in the virtual environment is an intriguing issue. Using the Social rela...With the penetration of the Internet, virtual groups have become more and more popular. The reliability and accuracy of interpersonal perception in the virtual environment is an intriguing issue. Using the Social relations model (SRM) [1], this paper investigates interpersonal perception in virtual groups from a multilevel perspective. In particular, it examines the following three areas: homophily, identification, and individual attraction, and explores how much of these directional and dyadic relational evaluations can be attributed to the effect of the actor, the partner, and the relationship.展开更多
The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Ch...The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Chinese president to frequently use judgment and appreciation resources in reviewing the past year.Even in the face of the pandemic and natural disasters,the overall emotions of the speech remain positive,which corresponds to the forward-looking feature of New Year speech.Significance of the study abounds and future research can investigate how COVID-19 impacts the ideologies conveyed through political leaders’speeches through a comparative lens and how to produce more understandings that can help dismantle stereotypes and discrimination hidden in reports about COVID-19 by using Appraisal Theory critically,systematically,and comprehensively.展开更多
The novel, The Grass is Singing, written by Doris Lessing, describes the tragic life of a white woman Mary living in South Africa. The article tries to explore the factors resulting in Mary's tragedy from the pers...The novel, The Grass is Singing, written by Doris Lessing, describes the tragic life of a white woman Mary living in South Africa. The article tries to explore the factors resulting in Mary's tragedy from the perspective of interpersonal ethics so as to reveal the suppression and distortion of traditional ethics over men's spirit and Lessing's humanistic feelings.展开更多
This thesis put the expletives into the whole language system to analyze, using the frame of the Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory. The expletives can be analyzed on the sentential level, inclu...This thesis put the expletives into the whole language system to analyze, using the frame of the Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory. The expletives can be analyzed on the sentential level, including the ideational function and the interpersonal function.展开更多
Based on the framework of Halliday's theory of interpersonal function, this study intends to analyze the dialogues in the film The King's Speech from the three aspects of mood type, modal operator and vocative...Based on the framework of Halliday's theory of interpersonal function, this study intends to analyze the dialogues in the film The King's Speech from the three aspects of mood type, modal operator and vocative address by adopting both quantitative and qualitative methods. The significances of successful realizations of interpersonal function to the role characterization, plot development and thematic construction in the film are also demonstrated, thus deepening the understanding and appreciation of the film.展开更多
Functional linguistics has exerted an increasing impact on modern linguistic studies.Functional approaches,especially metafunctions have undergone a process of development and improvement.The affirmation of the metafu...Functional linguistics has exerted an increasing impact on modern linguistic studies.Functional approaches,especially metafunctions have undergone a process of development and improvement.The affirmation of the metafunctions of language has aroused more and more scholars'concern on the"functional"facet of language,especially in Translation studies.The formation and improvement of functional approaches are introduced separately.展开更多
As a type of grammatical phenomenon frequently occurring both orally and in written texts,passive voice plays a significant role in human communication.This paper sets out to analyze this grammatical phenomenon on the...As a type of grammatical phenomenon frequently occurring both orally and in written texts,passive voice plays a significant role in human communication.This paper sets out to analyze this grammatical phenomenon on the basis of interpersonal metafunction,one of the three metafunctions proposed by M.K.Halliday.展开更多
Purpose: To explore the interventional effects of campus psychodrama on improving the interpersonal trust among college students. Methods: 16 college students with low levels of interpersonal trust were selected to co...Purpose: To explore the interventional effects of campus psychodrama on improving the interpersonal trust among college students. Methods: 16 college students with low levels of interpersonal trust were selected to conduct 5 sessions of psychodrama therapy. Results: The subject group has gone through stages of ice breaking, performance, and sharing. Through group counseling with psychodrama, the social avoidance and distressful behaviors of the subjects have been alleviated, and their levels of interpersonal trust demonstrated notable change. Conclusion: Campus psychodrama is an effective group counseling approach for improving college students’ interpersonal trust.展开更多
Background Good interpersonal relationships can improve the negative mood and, to a certain extent, may help relieve dysmenorrhea symptoms. However, there has been no study examining the role of interpersonal relation...Background Good interpersonal relationships can improve the negative mood and, to a certain extent, may help relieve dysmenorrhea symptoms. However, there has been no study examining the role of interpersonal relationships in dysmenorrhea and how they may interact with negative emotions. Aims To investigate the connection between negative affect and dysmenorrhea, and the role of interpersonal relationships plays in this relationship. Methods The Cox Menstrual Symptom Scale (CMSS), short-form of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Interpersonal Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale and UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale were applied to 855 adolescent nursing students to collect information on severity and frequency of dysmenorrheal symptoms, negative emotions (including depression, anxiety and stress), interpersonal problems and subjective experience of loneliness among them, and the relationship among these variables was examined. Results (1) Both the severity and frequency of dysmenorrhea were positively correlated with negative emotions, loneliness experience and interpersonal problems, while negatively correlated with age at menarche.(2) The negative emotions, romantic relationship and menarche age, but not loneliness and interpersonal problems, significantly contributed to both the severity and frequency of dysmenorrhea.(3) Mediation analysis revealed that the effects of loneliness and interpersonal problems on dysmenorrhea were totally mediated by negative emotions. Conclusions This investigation indicates that the relationship between interpersonal relationships and dysmenorrhea is mediated by negative emotions.展开更多
BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is a major disease impacting men’s health worldwide.Peplau,who is known as“the mother of psychiatric society,”developed an interpersonal relationship theory for nursing.Implementation of ...BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is a major disease impacting men’s health worldwide.Peplau,who is known as“the mother of psychiatric society,”developed an interpersonal relationship theory for nursing.Implementation of this theory in practice has been shown to positively impact patients’quality of life and reduce adverse symptoms after surgery.AIM To investigate the effects of a nursing model based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory combined with bladder function training on patients with prostate cancer.METHODS Eighty-nine patients with prostate cancer who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate(TURP)participated in this study.These patients were admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University or Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University between January 2020 and April 2021.Patients were randomized into either the Peplau nursing group(n=44)or a routine nursing group(n=45).The routine nursing group received routine care and bladder function training,while the Peplau care group received care that integrated concepts from the Peplau interpersonal relationship theory as well as bladder function training.The urinary incontinence symptoms of the two groups were recorded,and the respective International Prostate Symptom Scores(IPSS),Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being(FACIT-Sp)scores,and quality of life(QOL)scores for each group were compared before and after three months of nursing intervention.RESULTS During the intervention period,the duration of urinary incontinence,frequency,number and amount of urinary incontinence were significantly greater in the routine nursing group compared to the Peplau care group(P<0.05).The indicators of the routine nursing group were 7.13±2.42 days,8.23±2.75 times,and 1.24±0.42 L,while those of the Peplau care group were 4.74±1.85 d,4.21±1.26 times,and 0.56±0.11 L,respectively.After three months of intervention,the mean IPSS score of the routine nursing group was significantly reduced(P<0.05),while the mean FACIT-Sp and QOL scores were significantly increased(P<0.05).The mean IPSS score in the Peplau nursing group was significantly lower compared to the routine nursing group,while the FACIT-Sp and QOL scores were higher(P<0.05).CONCLUSION A nursing model based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory combined with bladder function training can significantly improve prostate function and urinary symptoms,resulting in the restoration of physiological function and improvement in the QOL of patients with prostate cancer following TURP.展开更多
Teacher's interpersonal skills play a significant role in the teaching quality and students' improvement.Interpersonal skill is complicate and involves a great deal of skills.Due to the limited space,the paper...Teacher's interpersonal skills play a significant role in the teaching quality and students' improvement.Interpersonal skill is complicate and involves a great deal of skills.Due to the limited space,the paper only gives a description of the core skills which are key to teachers in the teaching and learning process.This paper is divided into three parts:what interpersonal skills are important to teachers,why these skills are important and how teachers can develop these skills to improve their teaching and students' learning.In the first part,understanding others,self-presentation,communicating,and influencing by persuading or power were found to be the most important skills in related research and literature.The second part discusses the importance of interpersonal skills both from teacher's teaching quality and students' learning outcome.The last part of the paper lists some suggestions on how to improve teacher's interpersonal skills.展开更多
This paper adopts Halliday’s systemic functional grammar as the theoretical framework to make a contrastive analysis of the interpersonal meaning of Environmental Protection Public Service Advertising from the perspe...This paper adopts Halliday’s systemic functional grammar as the theoretical framework to make a contrastive analysis of the interpersonal meaning of Environmental Protection Public Service Advertising from the perspective of mood and modality.It is found that there are both similarities and differences in the realization of interpersonal meaning in the discourse of both English and Chinese environmental protection public service advertising.In terms of mood,both tend to use declarative,imperative,interrogative mood,among which the declarative mood is the most frequently used,while the imperative mood is the second.In the aspect of modality,the use of modal words in English environmental protection advertising language is more abundant,and it is customary to use modal words with low emotional value to realize interpersonal meaning,while Chinese advertisements prefer more modality words with high emotional value.展开更多
Carbon labels are innovative medium and tools for climate change communication and lowcarbon marketing.This study aims at examining how college students are aware of low-carbon and carbon labels,whether they are more ...Carbon labels are innovative medium and tools for climate change communication and lowcarbon marketing.This study aims at examining how college students are aware of low-carbon and carbon labels,whether they are more willing to communicate low-carbon ideas,and also the determinants affecting their interpersonal communication of carbon labels.The multiple regression analysis shows that Chinese college students' willingness of interpersonal communication of carbon labels are significantly influenced by their awareness of climate change crisis,the perceived value of carbon labels,the consideration of product environmental attributes,the preferences of carbon labels,the household background,and their educational background.In response to these factors,this paper proposes,in a public perspective,the strategies to enhance the dissemination of carbon labels.展开更多
Systemic Functional Grammar gives text analysis a theoretical framework.Text analysis is useful for readers to understand the text.Under the theoretical framework of Interpersonal Metafunction proposed by Halliday and...Systemic Functional Grammar gives text analysis a theoretical framework.Text analysis is useful for readers to understand the text.Under the theoretical framework of Interpersonal Metafunction proposed by Halliday and the recipe as register,this article analyzes it from two levels - Mood and Modality system.展开更多
In this paper, the author concerns some aspects of person deixis to illustrate the different deictic usages of "we" and discusses the interpersonal functions of "we" in daily life and in writing re...In this paper, the author concerns some aspects of person deixis to illustrate the different deictic usages of "we" and discusses the interpersonal functions of "we" in daily life and in writing research papers in the hope of making a better use of it in the future life.展开更多
The interpersonal function in Halliday's system-functional grammar can instruct and apply to many-sided language communication.The article is aimed at analyzing language function reflected in the conversations bet...The interpersonal function in Halliday's system-functional grammar can instruct and apply to many-sided language communication.The article is aimed at analyzing language function reflected in the conversations between international students in different cultural background and native speakers,and then getting reflections on classroom teaching language.展开更多
Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumpt...Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumption ideology gradually influences the human nature at that time. Based on the writing background, this paper attempts to explore the alienation of interpersonal relationship under the consumer society in this novel through the perspective of Marxism and text analysis.展开更多
Interpersonal metafunction is one of the most important functions of language, through which people express their view-points, establish and maintain relations with other people. This paper analyzes the interpersonal ...Interpersonal metafunction is one of the most important functions of language, through which people express their view-points, establish and maintain relations with other people. This paper analyzes the interpersonal metafunction in tour advertise-ments from mood, modality and person system. Through the analysis, this paper reveals how tour advertisements achieve its pur-pose of persuading the potential consumers.展开更多
Along with globalisation and internationalisation in the context of higher education,a rising proportion of universities around the world adopt market-like policies and customer-oriented attitudes to compete for poten...Along with globalisation and internationalisation in the context of higher education,a rising proportion of universities around the world adopt market-like policies and customer-oriented attitudes to compete for potential students.With this regard,this article attempts to compare About Information in home page from two prestigious Chinese universities,exploring roles that two target universities act in the relation of students and higher education.Gauging language features within the notion of Moon system and Appraisal system under Halliday’s framework on interpersonal meanings,the comparison and analysis of linguistic features demonstrates that higher education in China is still provider-oriented rather than customer-oriented.However,the competition atmosphere in higher education market is seen subtly and construed directly in lexical level.展开更多
文摘Classroom discourse analysis plays a significant role in linguistics and language teaching. The present research is a case study, aiming to explore how the Interpersonal meta-function is reflected in the English classroom discourse, as well as to provide some suggestions for pedagogical improvement based on the findings. The results of the analysis indicate that in terms of Mood, the declarative clause is most frequently used, followed by the interrogative and imperative clause respectively; in terms of modality, the teacher uses modal verbs and Mood Adjuncts to express the degree of certainty; in terms of personal pronouns, the teacher prefers to use the first person plural pronouns. It is suggested that the class should be student-centered and that an equal teacher-student relationship should be established.
文摘With the penetration of the Internet, virtual groups have become more and more popular. The reliability and accuracy of interpersonal perception in the virtual environment is an intriguing issue. Using the Social relations model (SRM) [1], this paper investigates interpersonal perception in virtual groups from a multilevel perspective. In particular, it examines the following three areas: homophily, identification, and individual attraction, and explores how much of these directional and dyadic relational evaluations can be attributed to the effect of the actor, the partner, and the relationship.
基金Under the major project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in 2021“Research on the Construction and Promotion of International Chinese Education Standard System”(21YH04A).
文摘The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Chinese president to frequently use judgment and appreciation resources in reviewing the past year.Even in the face of the pandemic and natural disasters,the overall emotions of the speech remain positive,which corresponds to the forward-looking feature of New Year speech.Significance of the study abounds and future research can investigate how COVID-19 impacts the ideologies conveyed through political leaders’speeches through a comparative lens and how to produce more understandings that can help dismantle stereotypes and discrimination hidden in reports about COVID-19 by using Appraisal Theory critically,systematically,and comprehensively.
文摘The novel, The Grass is Singing, written by Doris Lessing, describes the tragic life of a white woman Mary living in South Africa. The article tries to explore the factors resulting in Mary's tragedy from the perspective of interpersonal ethics so as to reveal the suppression and distortion of traditional ethics over men's spirit and Lessing's humanistic feelings.
文摘This thesis put the expletives into the whole language system to analyze, using the frame of the Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory. The expletives can be analyzed on the sentential level, including the ideational function and the interpersonal function.
文摘Based on the framework of Halliday's theory of interpersonal function, this study intends to analyze the dialogues in the film The King's Speech from the three aspects of mood type, modal operator and vocative address by adopting both quantitative and qualitative methods. The significances of successful realizations of interpersonal function to the role characterization, plot development and thematic construction in the film are also demonstrated, thus deepening the understanding and appreciation of the film.
文摘Functional linguistics has exerted an increasing impact on modern linguistic studies.Functional approaches,especially metafunctions have undergone a process of development and improvement.The affirmation of the metafunctions of language has aroused more and more scholars'concern on the"functional"facet of language,especially in Translation studies.The formation and improvement of functional approaches are introduced separately.
文摘As a type of grammatical phenomenon frequently occurring both orally and in written texts,passive voice plays a significant role in human communication.This paper sets out to analyze this grammatical phenomenon on the basis of interpersonal metafunction,one of the three metafunctions proposed by M.K.Halliday.
文摘Purpose: To explore the interventional effects of campus psychodrama on improving the interpersonal trust among college students. Methods: 16 college students with low levels of interpersonal trust were selected to conduct 5 sessions of psychodrama therapy. Results: The subject group has gone through stages of ice breaking, performance, and sharing. Through group counseling with psychodrama, the social avoidance and distressful behaviors of the subjects have been alleviated, and their levels of interpersonal trust demonstrated notable change. Conclusion: Campus psychodrama is an effective group counseling approach for improving college students’ interpersonal trust.
基金the Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Department (2017JY0324)Joint Project of Southwest Medical University and Sichuan Luzhou (2017LZXNYD-Z02)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of China (81701322)Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (17YJC190001,17YJC190009)the joint project of Southwest Medical University & Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (2015-QB-003)Sichuan Applied Psychology Research Center Project (CSXL-172012).
文摘Background Good interpersonal relationships can improve the negative mood and, to a certain extent, may help relieve dysmenorrhea symptoms. However, there has been no study examining the role of interpersonal relationships in dysmenorrhea and how they may interact with negative emotions. Aims To investigate the connection between negative affect and dysmenorrhea, and the role of interpersonal relationships plays in this relationship. Methods The Cox Menstrual Symptom Scale (CMSS), short-form of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Interpersonal Comprehensive Diagnostic Scale and UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale were applied to 855 adolescent nursing students to collect information on severity and frequency of dysmenorrheal symptoms, negative emotions (including depression, anxiety and stress), interpersonal problems and subjective experience of loneliness among them, and the relationship among these variables was examined. Results (1) Both the severity and frequency of dysmenorrhea were positively correlated with negative emotions, loneliness experience and interpersonal problems, while negatively correlated with age at menarche.(2) The negative emotions, romantic relationship and menarche age, but not loneliness and interpersonal problems, significantly contributed to both the severity and frequency of dysmenorrhea.(3) Mediation analysis revealed that the effects of loneliness and interpersonal problems on dysmenorrhea were totally mediated by negative emotions. Conclusions This investigation indicates that the relationship between interpersonal relationships and dysmenorrhea is mediated by negative emotions.
文摘BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is a major disease impacting men’s health worldwide.Peplau,who is known as“the mother of psychiatric society,”developed an interpersonal relationship theory for nursing.Implementation of this theory in practice has been shown to positively impact patients’quality of life and reduce adverse symptoms after surgery.AIM To investigate the effects of a nursing model based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory combined with bladder function training on patients with prostate cancer.METHODS Eighty-nine patients with prostate cancer who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate(TURP)participated in this study.These patients were admitted to The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University or Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University between January 2020 and April 2021.Patients were randomized into either the Peplau nursing group(n=44)or a routine nursing group(n=45).The routine nursing group received routine care and bladder function training,while the Peplau care group received care that integrated concepts from the Peplau interpersonal relationship theory as well as bladder function training.The urinary incontinence symptoms of the two groups were recorded,and the respective International Prostate Symptom Scores(IPSS),Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being(FACIT-Sp)scores,and quality of life(QOL)scores for each group were compared before and after three months of nursing intervention.RESULTS During the intervention period,the duration of urinary incontinence,frequency,number and amount of urinary incontinence were significantly greater in the routine nursing group compared to the Peplau care group(P<0.05).The indicators of the routine nursing group were 7.13±2.42 days,8.23±2.75 times,and 1.24±0.42 L,while those of the Peplau care group were 4.74±1.85 d,4.21±1.26 times,and 0.56±0.11 L,respectively.After three months of intervention,the mean IPSS score of the routine nursing group was significantly reduced(P<0.05),while the mean FACIT-Sp and QOL scores were significantly increased(P<0.05).The mean IPSS score in the Peplau nursing group was significantly lower compared to the routine nursing group,while the FACIT-Sp and QOL scores were higher(P<0.05).CONCLUSION A nursing model based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory combined with bladder function training can significantly improve prostate function and urinary symptoms,resulting in the restoration of physiological function and improvement in the QOL of patients with prostate cancer following TURP.
文摘Teacher's interpersonal skills play a significant role in the teaching quality and students' improvement.Interpersonal skill is complicate and involves a great deal of skills.Due to the limited space,the paper only gives a description of the core skills which are key to teachers in the teaching and learning process.This paper is divided into three parts:what interpersonal skills are important to teachers,why these skills are important and how teachers can develop these skills to improve their teaching and students' learning.In the first part,understanding others,self-presentation,communicating,and influencing by persuading or power were found to be the most important skills in related research and literature.The second part discusses the importance of interpersonal skills both from teacher's teaching quality and students' learning outcome.The last part of the paper lists some suggestions on how to improve teacher's interpersonal skills.
文摘This paper adopts Halliday’s systemic functional grammar as the theoretical framework to make a contrastive analysis of the interpersonal meaning of Environmental Protection Public Service Advertising from the perspective of mood and modality.It is found that there are both similarities and differences in the realization of interpersonal meaning in the discourse of both English and Chinese environmental protection public service advertising.In terms of mood,both tend to use declarative,imperative,interrogative mood,among which the declarative mood is the most frequently used,while the imperative mood is the second.In the aspect of modality,the use of modal words in English environmental protection advertising language is more abundant,and it is customary to use modal words with low emotional value to realize interpersonal meaning,while Chinese advertisements prefer more modality words with high emotional value.
基金supported by the Humanities and Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China[Grant Number 15YJC630141]Innovative School Project in Higher Education of Guangdong,China[Grant Number GWTP-GC-2014-07]
文摘Carbon labels are innovative medium and tools for climate change communication and lowcarbon marketing.This study aims at examining how college students are aware of low-carbon and carbon labels,whether they are more willing to communicate low-carbon ideas,and also the determinants affecting their interpersonal communication of carbon labels.The multiple regression analysis shows that Chinese college students' willingness of interpersonal communication of carbon labels are significantly influenced by their awareness of climate change crisis,the perceived value of carbon labels,the consideration of product environmental attributes,the preferences of carbon labels,the household background,and their educational background.In response to these factors,this paper proposes,in a public perspective,the strategies to enhance the dissemination of carbon labels.
文摘Systemic Functional Grammar gives text analysis a theoretical framework.Text analysis is useful for readers to understand the text.Under the theoretical framework of Interpersonal Metafunction proposed by Halliday and the recipe as register,this article analyzes it from two levels - Mood and Modality system.
文摘In this paper, the author concerns some aspects of person deixis to illustrate the different deictic usages of "we" and discusses the interpersonal functions of "we" in daily life and in writing research papers in the hope of making a better use of it in the future life.
文摘The interpersonal function in Halliday's system-functional grammar can instruct and apply to many-sided language communication.The article is aimed at analyzing language function reflected in the conversations between international students in different cultural background and native speakers,and then getting reflections on classroom teaching language.
文摘Theodore Dreiser's first novel, Sister Carrie is a work of excellence with epoch-making significance in the history of American literature. It is written in the transition period of United States, and the consumption ideology gradually influences the human nature at that time. Based on the writing background, this paper attempts to explore the alienation of interpersonal relationship under the consumer society in this novel through the perspective of Marxism and text analysis.
文摘Interpersonal metafunction is one of the most important functions of language, through which people express their view-points, establish and maintain relations with other people. This paper analyzes the interpersonal metafunction in tour advertise-ments from mood, modality and person system. Through the analysis, this paper reveals how tour advertisements achieve its pur-pose of persuading the potential consumers.
文摘Along with globalisation and internationalisation in the context of higher education,a rising proportion of universities around the world adopt market-like policies and customer-oriented attitudes to compete for potential students.With this regard,this article attempts to compare About Information in home page from two prestigious Chinese universities,exploring roles that two target universities act in the relation of students and higher education.Gauging language features within the notion of Moon system and Appraisal system under Halliday’s framework on interpersonal meanings,the comparison and analysis of linguistic features demonstrates that higher education in China is still provider-oriented rather than customer-oriented.However,the competition atmosphere in higher education market is seen subtly and construed directly in lexical level.