Interpersonal function is one of the three metafunctions of language. This paper investigates the interpersonal meanings in Chinese cosmetic advertising discourse from mood, modality and appraise the three aspects. Ba...Interpersonal function is one of the three metafunctions of language. This paper investigates the interpersonal meanings in Chinese cosmetic advertising discourse from mood, modality and appraise the three aspects. Based on an exploratory study of data of six typical Chinese cosmetic advertising discourses, the paper claims that the distribution of mood and modality has close link with the interpersonal meaning in advertising. The Functional Grammar and Appraisal System help to reveal the interpersonal meanings of the discourse concerned.展开更多
This paper focuses on the application of systemic Functional Grammar （SFG） to language study. By providing a sample of text analysis from the systemic functional point of view, the paper illustrates how this approac...This paper focuses on the application of systemic Functional Grammar （SFG） to language study. By providing a sample of text analysis from the systemic functional point of view, the paper illustrates how this approach can be helpful to language teaching.展开更多
For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a uni...For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a unified model of language which in principle allows the links to be made within the same description.展开更多
An Introduction to Functional Grammar(《功能语法导论》,简称《导论》)是Halliday的代表作。胡壮麟教授称此书为集中体现Halliday语言学思想的"集大成者"。这一点反映在三个方面:一是他在伦敦学派的基础上发展来的、关于...An Introduction to Functional Grammar(《功能语法导论》,简称《导论》)是Halliday的代表作。胡壮麟教授称此书为集中体现Halliday语言学思想的"集大成者"。这一点反映在三个方面:一是他在伦敦学派的基础上发展来的、关于系统和功能语言观的大量前期论述(包括来自学派内部诸多追随者的研究)。展开更多
The essay aims to apply different approaches to grammar to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a piece of a student's writing from both sentence level and textual level, and states that systemic functional gra...The essay aims to apply different approaches to grammar to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a piece of a student's writing from both sentence level and textual level, and states that systemic functional grammar is a useful tool in analyzing students writing.展开更多
Grammar is the system of a language.In this paper,the author will discuss the development of grammar and focus on functionalist views on the structure of English,represented by M.A.K Halliday,covering the fundamental ...Grammar is the system of a language.In this paper,the author will discuss the development of grammar and focus on functionalist views on the structure of English,represented by M.A.K Halliday,covering the fundamental concepts of functional grammar,especially the three metafunctions:textual,interpersonal and ideational function.展开更多
The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out ho...The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out how grammatical metaphor can provide a peculiar insight to the translation of Chinese poems.展开更多
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the functional approach and cognitive approach to the nature of language and its relation to other aspects of human cognition.The paper starts with a brief discussion of t...This paper presents a comprehensive review of the functional approach and cognitive approach to the nature of language and its relation to other aspects of human cognition.The paper starts with a brief discussion of the origins and the core tenets of the two approaches in Section 1.Section 2 discusses the similarities and differences between the three full-fledged structural functional grammars subsumed in the functional approach:Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar(SFG),Dik's Functional Grammar(FG),and Van Valin's Role and Reference Grammar(RRG).Section 3 deals with the major features of the three cognitive frameworks:Langacker's Cognitive Grammar(CG),Goldberg's Cognitive Construction Grammar(CCG),and Croft's Radical Construction Grammar(RCG).Section 4 compares the two approaches and attempts to provide a unified functional-cognitive grammar.In the last section,the author concludes the paper with remarks on the unidirectional shift from functional grammar to cognitive grammar that may indicate a reinterpretation of the traditional relationship between functional and cognitive models of grammar.展开更多
The nominal group is an important aspect of English and other languages and requires specific attention because of its complex structure and sequence. This study examines how sequencing affects users＇ understanding a...The nominal group is an important aspect of English and other languages and requires specific attention because of its complex structure and sequence. This study examines how sequencing affects users＇ understanding and interpretation of the English nominal group and attempts to prescribe guidelines to the different challenges which the complex ordering of the nominal group poses to users of English as a second language. The findings of the study indicate that the complex ordering of the nominal group has a significant impact on their semantic effects in any discourse, and many of the difficulties users of English as a second language are faced with have to do with lack of adequate understanding of the structure and usage of the nominal group. Some of these problems can be addressed through a comprehensive study and examination of linguists＇ explanation of the nominal group and practical application of their guidelines. A functional approach to the study of the group will help second language learners of English to have a better understanding of its structure展开更多
The present study shall be mainly concerned with logic flow and its expressions in academic paper. It examines Law, Law, What Law？ and intends to focus on two research goals： （1） to identify logic flow among claus...The present study shall be mainly concerned with logic flow and its expressions in academic paper. It examines Law, Law, What Law？ and intends to focus on two research goals： （1） to identify logic flow among clause complexes; （2） to figure out meanings and intentions of those logic expressions. The description and analysis shall demonstrate how the logic flow is achieved on two aspects of textual cohesive devices： grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion. Any reader or translator ignores such devices of cohesion may not only get lost in the maze of language but miss subtle touches of irony, hence misreading the author＇s points of view.展开更多
Informed by the framework of Halliday＇s Systemic Functional Grammar, this paper compares ＂The Little Mermaid＂ （1872） by Hans Christian Andersen and its parodic version ＂The Little Mer-persun＂ （1995） by James ...Informed by the framework of Halliday＇s Systemic Functional Grammar, this paper compares ＂The Little Mermaid＂ （1872） by Hans Christian Andersen and its parodic version ＂The Little Mer-persun＂ （1995） by James Finn Garner. Andersen＇s story creates gender stereotype by under-representing the heroine as an effectual Actor and Sayer but establishing the image of the hero as a powerful Actor and assertive Sayer. Garner＇s story, on the other hand, tends to subvert the traditional gender stereotype by representing the heroine as a more dynamic Actor and Sayer than the hero and by reversing the power relationship between the two. These differing characterizations reflect the two competing literary traditions and embedded ideologies of romanticist fairy tale genre and modem ＂politically-correct＂ parodic satire展开更多
This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that recipr...This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that reciprocal patterns of power may be mutual-targeting or disjoint.A systematic network of both non-reciprocal and reciprocal pattern of power in fictional works is drawn on the basis of the analysis.展开更多
This paper discusses the application of conjunction in English teaching. Conjunction, which is in the framework of Systematic Functional Grammar, can be specifically applied in English reading and writing to help stud...This paper discusses the application of conjunction in English teaching. Conjunction, which is in the framework of Systematic Functional Grammar, can be specifically applied in English reading and writing to help students＇ better grasp of English. It is beneficial for English teachers to teach some English linguistic knowledge to students in language teaching.展开更多
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 paper first conducts a general background of Appraisal Theory, then elaborates a detailed review of literature on Appraisal Theory and finally explores the further trends.
This paper examines the problem of inefficient reading comprehension with non-English major college students, and tackles the problem with the teaching method of integrating grammatical information into lexicon teachi...This paper examines the problem of inefficient reading comprehension with non-English major college students, and tackles the problem with the teaching method of integrating grammatical information into lexicon teaching. The underlying idea is that working memory, whose core characteristic is its severely limited capacity, is of vital importance to language comprehension, and that the process of lexical retrieval from the permanent memory is much easier than the process of working our way through a syntactic structure. Therefore a hypothesis is formulated that to purposely increase the readers' awareness of storing grammatical information in the lexicon will bring about an increased speed, hence improved reading performance. Through careful design of the experiment, the writer proves that this method can lighten the burden on working memory, which consequently brings about significantly improved reading comprehension.展开更多
文摘Interpersonal function is one of the three metafunctions of language. This paper investigates the interpersonal meanings in Chinese cosmetic advertising discourse from mood, modality and appraise the three aspects. Based on an exploratory study of data of six typical Chinese cosmetic advertising discourses, the paper claims that the distribution of mood and modality has close link with the interpersonal meaning in advertising. The Functional Grammar and Appraisal System help to reveal the interpersonal meanings of the discourse concerned.
文摘This paper focuses on the application of systemic Functional Grammar （SFG） to language study. By providing a sample of text analysis from the systemic functional point of view, the paper illustrates how this approach can be helpful to language teaching.
文摘For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a unified model of language which in principle allows the links to be made within the same description.
文摘An Introduction to Functional Grammar(《功能语法导论》,简称《导论》)是Halliday的代表作。胡壮麟教授称此书为集中体现Halliday语言学思想的"集大成者"。这一点反映在三个方面:一是他在伦敦学派的基础上发展来的、关于系统和功能语言观的大量前期论述(包括来自学派内部诸多追随者的研究)。
文摘The essay aims to apply different approaches to grammar to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a piece of a student's writing from both sentence level and textual level, and states that systemic functional grammar is a useful tool in analyzing students writing.
文摘Grammar is the system of a language.In this paper,the author will discuss the development of grammar and focus on functionalist views on the structure of English,represented by M.A.K Halliday,covering the fundamental concepts of functional grammar,especially the three metafunctions:textual,interpersonal and ideational function.
文摘The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out how grammatical metaphor can provide a peculiar insight to the translation of Chinese poems.
文摘This paper presents a comprehensive review of the functional approach and cognitive approach to the nature of language and its relation to other aspects of human cognition.The paper starts with a brief discussion of the origins and the core tenets of the two approaches in Section 1.Section 2 discusses the similarities and differences between the three full-fledged structural functional grammars subsumed in the functional approach:Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar(SFG),Dik's Functional Grammar(FG),and Van Valin's Role and Reference Grammar(RRG).Section 3 deals with the major features of the three cognitive frameworks:Langacker's Cognitive Grammar(CG),Goldberg's Cognitive Construction Grammar(CCG),and Croft's Radical Construction Grammar(RCG).Section 4 compares the two approaches and attempts to provide a unified functional-cognitive grammar.In the last section,the author concludes the paper with remarks on the unidirectional shift from functional grammar to cognitive grammar that may indicate a reinterpretation of the traditional relationship between functional and cognitive models of grammar.
文摘The nominal group is an important aspect of English and other languages and requires specific attention because of its complex structure and sequence. This study examines how sequencing affects users＇ understanding and interpretation of the English nominal group and attempts to prescribe guidelines to the different challenges which the complex ordering of the nominal group poses to users of English as a second language. The findings of the study indicate that the complex ordering of the nominal group has a significant impact on their semantic effects in any discourse, and many of the difficulties users of English as a second language are faced with have to do with lack of adequate understanding of the structure and usage of the nominal group. Some of these problems can be addressed through a comprehensive study and examination of linguists＇ explanation of the nominal group and practical application of their guidelines. A functional approach to the study of the group will help second language learners of English to have a better understanding of its structure
文摘The present study shall be mainly concerned with logic flow and its expressions in academic paper. It examines Law, Law, What Law？ and intends to focus on two research goals： （1） to identify logic flow among clause complexes; （2） to figure out meanings and intentions of those logic expressions. The description and analysis shall demonstrate how the logic flow is achieved on two aspects of textual cohesive devices： grammatical cohesion and lexical cohesion. Any reader or translator ignores such devices of cohesion may not only get lost in the maze of language but miss subtle touches of irony, hence misreading the author＇s points of view.
文摘Informed by the framework of Halliday＇s Systemic Functional Grammar, this paper compares ＂The Little Mermaid＂ （1872） by Hans Christian Andersen and its parodic version ＂The Little Mer-persun＂ （1995） by James Finn Garner. Andersen＇s story creates gender stereotype by under-representing the heroine as an effectual Actor and Sayer but establishing the image of the hero as a powerful Actor and assertive Sayer. Garner＇s story, on the other hand, tends to subvert the traditional gender stereotype by representing the heroine as a more dynamic Actor and Sayer than the hero and by reversing the power relationship between the two. These differing characterizations reflect the two competing literary traditions and embedded ideologies of romanticist fairy tale genre and modem ＂politically-correct＂ parodic satire
文摘This paper explores how reciprocal pattern of power is realized in fictional texts.Taking a few episodes from the novel The Thorn Birds and the transitivity process as analytical framework,this paper holds that reciprocal patterns of power may be mutual-targeting or disjoint.A systematic network of both non-reciprocal and reciprocal pattern of power in fictional works is drawn on the basis of the analysis.
文摘This paper discusses the application of conjunction in English teaching. Conjunction, which is in the framework of Systematic Functional Grammar, can be specifically applied in English reading and writing to help students＇ better grasp of English. It is beneficial for English teachers to teach some English linguistic knowledge to students in language teaching.
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.
文摘The paper first conducts a general background of Appraisal Theory, then elaborates a detailed review of literature on Appraisal Theory and finally explores the further trends.
文摘This paper examines the problem of inefficient reading comprehension with non-English major college students, and tackles the problem with the teaching method of integrating grammatical information into lexicon teaching. The underlying idea is that working memory, whose core characteristic is its severely limited capacity, is of vital importance to language comprehension, and that the process of lexical retrieval from the permanent memory is much easier than the process of working our way through a syntactic structure. Therefore a hypothesis is formulated that to purposely increase the readers' awareness of storing grammatical information in the lexicon will bring about an increased speed, hence improved reading performance. Through careful design of the experiment, the writer proves that this method can lighten the burden on working memory, which consequently brings about significantly improved reading comprehension.
