The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences ...The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences in many categories. In this paper, a comparison of the two styles at phonological level, graphological level, lexical level, syntactic level, semantic level and other levels will be given. They will also be compared with other related styles briefly. Finally, the author will figure out outcome of the study and give conclusions.展开更多
文摘The obituary and memorial speech are the two main types for the memorial of a dead person. The obituary is the writing style while memorial speech is delivered by speaking. They have many similarities and differences in many categories. In this paper, a comparison of the two styles at phonological level, graphological level, lexical level, syntactic level, semantic level and other levels will be given. They will also be compared with other related styles briefly. Finally, the author will figure out outcome of the study and give conclusions.
