从功能语法隐喻角度探讨BBC经济新闻的客观性

论文摘要

本文探究语法隐喻(GM)在BBC经济新闻中的使用，分析其是如何让广播员有技巧策略地远离所报道的信息，从而让听众觉得所报道的新闻是客观、可信的。在研究过程中，本人注重对概念隐喻、人际隐喻以及他们在BBC经济新闻中各自的实现方式、功能的研究，进而分析他们是如何共同作用达到客观的效果。本文以系统功能语言学中的功能语法隐喻为理论框架，来分析30篇BBC经济新闻。这些语料选自2005年一至五月份的BBC广播新闻。通过分析与统计，作者发现：1)概念隐喻与人际隐喻都存在于BBC经济新闻中。2)概念隐喻的使用更为频繁。在过程类型选择层面上，概念隐喻多时由于物质过程与其他过程形式相互转换而产生的。但总体来说，大部分概念隐喻实在既无形功能构建层面产生的。65个概念隐喻中就有50个是在该层面产生的。3)名物化是BBC经济新闻中语法隐喻的主要实现方式，并在很大程度上增强了新闻报道的客观性效果。4)鉴于新闻是通过陈述提供信息的，语气隐喻未在语料中出现，情态隐喻也出现的很少，仅有2个。总之，由于人际隐喻注重“作者”与“读者”的互动，而新闻报道应该尽可能减少这种交际，人际隐喻在BBC经济新闻中并不常见。

论文目录

• Acknowledgement
• Abstract
• 摘要
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 General Statement
• 1.2 Purpose of the Study
• 1.3 Research Questions
• 1.4 Significance of the Current Research
• 1.5 Data collection and research method
• 1.6 Definition of economic news
• 1.7 Organization of this thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Early Studies of Metaphor in the General Sense
• 2.1.1 Classical Views of Metaphor
• 2.1.2 Cognitive Views of Metaphor
• 2.2 Early Studies on the Metaphorical Nature of Grammar
• 2.2.1 Metaphor Studies on Iconicity and Grammaticalization
• 2.2.1.1 Studies on Iconicity
• 2.2.1.2 Studies on Grammaticalization
• 2.3 Halliday's View of GM
• 2.4 Other researchers' contributions to the development of GM
• 2.4.1 Thompson's clarification of Halliday's GM theory
• 2.4.2 Martin's textual metaphors and logical metaphors
• 2.4.3 Fan's understanding of GM
• 2.5 Differentiation between metaphors and GM
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 Overview
• 3.2 Theoretical Framework for the Present Study
• 3.2.1 Classification of GM
• 3.2.2 Ideational Metaphor and Its Realization
• 3.2.3 Interpersonal metaphor and its realization
• 3.2.3.1 Metaphor of modality and its realization
• 3.2.3.2.Metaphor of mood and its realization
• Chapter 4 Data analysis
• 4.1 Overview
• 4.2 Analysis procedure
• 4.3 Sample analysis Ⅰ（news 20050408）
• 4.3.1 Interpersonal metaphor
• 4.3.1.1 Analysis of mood metaphor
• 4.3.1.2 Analysis of modality metaphor
• 4.3.2 Ideational metaphor
• 4.3.2.1 Selection of process type
• 4.3.2.2 Configuration of transitivity functions
• 4.4 Sample analysis Ⅱ（20050304）
• 4.4.1 Interpersonal metaphor
• 4.4.1.1 Analysis of mood metaphor
• 4.4.1.2 Analysis of modality metaphor
• 4.4.2 Ideational metaphor
• 4.4.2.1 Selection of process type
• 4.4.2.2 Configuration of transitivity functions
• 4.5 Sample analysis Ⅲ（20050509）
• 4.5.1 Interpersonal metaphor
• 4.5.1.1 Analysis of mood metaphor
• 4.5.1.2 Analysis of modality metaphor
• 4.5.2 Ideational metaphor
• 4.5.2.1 Selection of process type
• 4.5.2.2 Configuration of transitivity functions
• 4.6 Statistics and findings of Sample Ⅰ,Ⅱ,and Ⅲ
• 4.7 Statistics and findings of 30 pieces of BBC economic news
• 4.7.1 Findings of Interpersonal GM
• 4.7.2 Findings of Ideational GM
• 4.7.2.1 Selection of Process Type
• 4.7.2.2 Configuration of Transitivity Functions
• 4.7.2.3 Ideational GM and nominalization
• 4.8 Summary
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• 5.1 Applications of the present study
• 5.2 Limitations of the present study
• 5.3 Suggestion for further study
• References
• Appendix