VOA时事新闻报道的人际意义分析

论文摘要

人们通过语言与他人交流,与他人建立并维持一定的关系,影响他人的行为,表达说话者对事情的看法,引出或者改变他人的观点。语言的这种功能称为人际意义。人际意义的概念来自韩礼德的功能语法。作为功能语法的创始人,他明确指出建构功能语法的目的是为语篇分析提供一个理论框架,这个框架可以用来分析英语中的任何口头语篇和书面语篇。我国很多学者都是韩礼德理论的支持者和应用者,但令人遗憾的是很少有人在进行语篇分析时仅仅用功能语法作为理论指导。因此,本文用功能分析方法来研究VOA新闻报道的人际意义。本文以五十二篇VOA时事新闻报道为语料,基于功能语法理论,采取定量和定性相结合的研究方法,从语气和情态、时态以及引语等方面,探讨了人际意义如何在VOA时事新闻报道中得到体现。研究发现:(1)在美国之音时事新闻报道中,情态动词“will”使用最为频繁。新闻记者用“will”表达对事件的立场、态度,让听者感觉到报道的客观性,相信报道的真实性。另外,其它情态动词“can”,“could”,“should”,“would”and“may”的使用在传达新闻记者思想、态度和立场方面也起到了重要的作用。(2)现在时态的合理应用及现在时与过去时的结合有着重要的人际意义,一方面能体现出对事件的报道是以现在为导向的,另一方面又能通过过去的事件传达新闻记者现在的基本观点和立场。(3)直接引语的人际意义主要体现在提高报道的客观性和传递意识形态及评价两个方面。以上研究发现表明,韩礼德的功能语法理论在对话语人际意义的分析中具有科学性和实用性。另外,本研究也将有助于听众更好地理解把握英语新闻语言的特点,提高鉴赏英语新闻的能力。

论文目录

• 摘要
• ABSTRACT
• CONTENTS
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 General Statement
• 1.2 The Motivations of the Present Study
• 1.3 Data Collection and Methodology
• 1.4 The Layout of the Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
• 2.1 An Overview of Interpersonal Meaning
• 2.1.1 Different Approaches to Interpersonal Meaning at Abroad
• 2.1.2 Some Other Scholars' Researches at Home
• 2.1.3 The Application of Functional Grammar to Interpersonal Meaning Studies
• 2.2 An Overview of News Discourse
• 2.2.1 Definition of News
• 2.2.2 An Overview of VOA
• 2.2.3 Features of News Discourse
• 2.2.4 Previous Study of News Discourse
• 2.3 Construction of Theoretical Framework
• 2.3.1 The Reason for Adopting Functional Approach
• 2.3.2 Halliday's Framework
• 2.3.3 Analysis Framework for the Present Research
• 2.4 Summary
• Chapter 3 Interpersonal Meaning of Mood and Modality in VOA News Reports
• 3.1 Halliday's Mood and Modality Model
• 3.2 Interpersonal Meaning of Modality in VOA News Reports
• 3.2.1 Interpersonal Meaning of Modal Verbs in VOA News Reports
• 3.2.1.1 Low Value Modal Verb
• 3.2.1.2 Median Value Modal Verb
• 3.2.1.3 High Value Modal Verb
• 3.2.2 Interpersonal Meaning of Adverbials in VOA News Reports
• 3.3 Summary
• Chapter 4 Interpersonal Meaning of Tense in VOA News Reports
• 4.1 Interpersonal Meaning of Tense
• 4.2 Patterns of the Present Tense in VOA and Their Interpersonal Meanings
• 4.2.1 The Present Tense in "Report Present" and its Interpersonal Meaning
• 4.2.1.1 Present/Past Tense + "Present Tense in Indirect Speech"
• 4.2.1.2 The Present Tense Providing Background Information
• 4.2.2 The Present Tense in "Event Present" and its Interpersonal Meaning
• 4.2.2.1 Events Reported Completely Through the Present Tense
• 4.2.2.2 The Present Tense in Direct Speeches
• 4.3 The Evaluative Function of the Present Tense in VOA News Reports
• 4.4 Summary
• Chapter 5 Interpersonal Meaning of Quotation in VOA News Reports
• 5.1 Types of Quotation
• 5.2 Interpersonal Meaning of Quotation
• 5.3 Quotation and Objectivity in VOA News Reports
• 5.3.1 The Sense of "On the Scene"
• 5.3.2 The Sense of Authoritativeness
• 5.3.3 The Sense of the Human Touch
• 5.3.4 The Reporting Risk Reduction
• 5.4 Quotation and Ideology & Evaluation in VOA News Reports
• 5.4.1 Conveying Official Attitudes
• 5.4.2 Reflecting the Universality of Certain Opinions
• 5.4.3 Advocating Western Values & Lifestyle
• 5.5 Summary
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• 6.1 Findings in the Present Study
• 6.2 The Possible Implications of the Present Study
• 6.3 The Limitations and Suggestions
• Bibliography
• Appendix
• Acknowledgements
• Papers Published During the Study for M.A. Degree