The selection of context is not random but limited by linguistic communicators'cognitive environment.Sperber &Wilson propose a more persuasive inferential model on the basis of Grice's theory.They think la...The selection of context is not random but limited by linguistic communicators'cognitive environment.Sperber &Wilson propose a more persuasive inferential model on the basis of Grice's theory.They think language communication is a de ductive and inferential process in which the communicators deal with the information in the context,a set of assumptions,and finally infer the meaning.Since a discourse is the work of language and the product of the process of linguistic communication,the inferential model will also adapt to the discourse analysis.With the inferential model as its basic analyzing framework,this paper puts discourse in a dynamic communicative process to investigate how the discourse receiver selects the context to make the com munication succeed.展开更多
This thesisanalyzes the expletives in the film Godfather with the theoretical frame of Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory,especially from the perspective of the textual function of expletives,na...This thesisanalyzes the expletives in the film Godfather with the theoretical frame of Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory,especially from the perspective of the textual function of expletives,namely,we will elaborate the textual function with the film Godfather as the example. The expletives may be very appropriate and necessary in certain situation since they have a cohesive function.展开更多
Language is the primary tool of human communication,speech is the collective reflection of language art,and dis course analysis is a means to appreciate the language arts.This paper analyzes the entire discourse of Ch...Language is the primary tool of human communication,speech is the collective reflection of language art,and dis course analysis is a means to appreciate the language arts.This paper analyzes the entire discourse of Chinese political leader's speech at Cambridge University from different aspects by using discourse analysis tools,to show the beauty of words and the force of language.展开更多
文摘The selection of context is not random but limited by linguistic communicators'cognitive environment.Sperber &Wilson propose a more persuasive inferential model on the basis of Grice's theory.They think language communication is a de ductive and inferential process in which the communicators deal with the information in the context,a set of assumptions,and finally infer the meaning.Since a discourse is the work of language and the product of the process of linguistic communication,the inferential model will also adapt to the discourse analysis.With the inferential model as its basic analyzing framework,this paper puts discourse in a dynamic communicative process to investigate how the discourse receiver selects the context to make the com munication succeed.
文摘This thesisanalyzes the expletives in the film Godfather with the theoretical frame of Halliday's(1985) System-Functional Linguistics Theory,especially from the perspective of the textual function of expletives,namely,we will elaborate the textual function with the film Godfather as the example. The expletives may be very appropriate and necessary in certain situation since they have a cohesive function.
文摘Language is the primary tool of human communication,speech is the collective reflection of language art,and dis course analysis is a means to appreciate the language arts.This paper analyzes the entire discourse of Chinese political leader's speech at Cambridge University from different aspects by using discourse analysis tools,to show the beauty of words and the force of language.
