This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in ...This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in which interpersonal meanings are expressed in thetexts is examined in accordance with the three aspects of modality as outlined in Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar:orientation,value and type.Corresponding with these three aspects,it is found that subjective orientation,median value,and obligation are used ex-tensively by all three parties for persuasive purposes.This demonstrates that modal choices are conditioned or determined by the writers' communicative intentions and by non-linguistic factors such as their social positions and political stances.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
From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are genera...From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are generally realized in a political speech.Through a brief analysis of linguistic elements on different levels,the lexical,the sentential,we can find that modal auxiliaries and mood are the elements usually used in political speeches to achieve different interpersonal meanings.展开更多
The interpersonal function means that language can be used to express one's view about the world, to establish relationships with others, to influence others' behavior, and even to change the world. Within the...The interpersonal function means that language can be used to express one's view about the world, to establish relationships with others, to influence others' behavior, and even to change the world. Within the theory framework of interpersonal meaning in Halliday's Functional Grammar, the paper aims to study the interpersonal meaning realized through mood system in the book The Story of my Life so as to reflect the subject, tense and modality. Besides, the paper strengthens the understanding of the Systemic-Functional Grammar.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
This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study on Obama’s two speeches—his second inaugural address and his commencement speech in The Ohio State University in 2013 based on Halliday’s theory of Interpersonal F...This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study on Obama’s two speeches—his second inaugural address and his commencement speech in The Ohio State University in 2013 based on Halliday’s theory of Interpersonal Function.The author finds that mood,modality and personal pronouns are the major language means used to realize the interpersonal function;in his two speeches,Obama makes different choices of those resources,and different choices indicate different attitudes and intentions.展开更多
文摘This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in which interpersonal meanings are expressed in thetexts is examined in accordance with the three aspects of modality as outlined in Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar:orientation,value and type.Corresponding with these three aspects,it is found that subjective orientation,median value,and obligation are used ex-tensively by all three parties for persuasive purposes.This demonstrates that modal choices are conditioned or determined by the writers' communicative intentions and by non-linguistic factors such as their social positions and political stances.
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From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are generally realized in a political speech.Through a brief analysis of linguistic elements on different levels,the lexical,the sentential,we can find that modal auxiliaries and mood are the elements usually used in political speeches to achieve different interpersonal meanings.
文摘The interpersonal function means that language can be used to express one's view about the world, to establish relationships with others, to influence others' behavior, and even to change the world. Within the theory framework of interpersonal meaning in Halliday's Functional Grammar, the paper aims to study the interpersonal meaning realized through mood system in the book The Story of my Life so as to reflect the subject, tense and modality. Besides, the paper strengthens the understanding of the Systemic-Functional Grammar.
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This paper attempts to conduct a comparative study on Obama’s two speeches—his second inaugural address and his commencement speech in The Ohio State University in 2013 based on Halliday’s theory of Interpersonal Function.The author finds that mood,modality and personal pronouns are the major language means used to realize the interpersonal function;in his two speeches,Obama makes different choices of those resources,and different choices indicate different attitudes and intentions.
