运用主位推进理论对比研究中英文商业评论

论文摘要

全球经济一体化和中国加入世界贸易组织使中国人更加紧密地接触到了国际商业。现在大多数中国公司开始和来自全世界的商业对手竞争,所以掌握第一手的商业信息和管理理念对自身业务的生存和发展至关重要。在这样的背景下,对商业知识的渴望让越来越多的商人和商学院的学生开始阅读原版英文报刊和杂志,尤其是商业评论,因为商业评论可以对经济和商业给出深入和全面的分析和评价。总的来说,多阅读商业评论可以帮助商人提高他们公司运营的效率。本篇论文中,在主位,述位和主位推进理论的指导下,作者试图对中英文各十五篇商业评论的语料进行对比分析。这十五篇中英文语料分别来自于《哈佛商业评论》和《北大商业评论》。而且,作者从分析语料中总结了七种主位推进的模式。在对中英文语料进行对比分析之后,作者比较了它们在使用主位推进模式中的相同点和不同点。根据最后的结果,作者又进一步从思维模式和社会价值观方面入手,探索在这些可见的语言现象背后的不可见的社会文化因素的影响。希望此研究可以为语言教学法和跨文化交际提供一些启发,从而为语篇分析领域的研究做出一点补充性的贡献。

论文目录

• Abstract
• 摘要
• Abbreviations
• Contents
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Research Motivation
• 1.2 Significance of the Present Study
• 1.3 Research Questions
• 1.4 Organization of the Present Research
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Brief Review of the Features of News Language
• 2.2 Theme-Rheme and Thematic Progression
• 2.2.1 Theme-Rheme
• 2.2.2 Thematic Progression
• 2.3 Related Researches in the West
• Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 TP Model for the Analysis
• 3.3 Logical Semantic Relations in Defining Thematic Progression Patterns
• Chapter Four Analysis of TP Patterns in Business Reviews
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Data Collection
• 4.3 Research Procedures
• 4.4 Descriptive Analysis on Business Reviews in English
• 4.4.1 Simple Theme in English Texts
• 4.4.2 Multiple Theme in English Texts
• 4.4.3 Theme in Clause Complexes
• 4.4.4 TP Patterns in English Business Reviews
• 4.5 Descriptive Analysis on Business Reviews in Chinese
• 4.5.1 Theme Types in Chinese Texts
• 4.5.2 Patterns of Thematic Progression in Chinese Texts
• 4.6 Presentation and Interpretation of the Results
• 4.7 Analysis of Various Cultural Factors Contributing to the Results
• 4.7.1 Cultural Universal
• 4.7.2 Influence of Thought Pattern
• 4.7.3 High-Context Culture and Low-Context Culture
• 4.8 Case Study
• 4.9 Summary
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• 5.1 Brief Summary of the Research
• 5.2 Contribution
• 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
• References
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix