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Realization of the Interpersonal Meta-Function in Obama’s Victory Speech

Author: WenHua
Tutor: ZhuYongSheng
School: Fudan University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Interpersonal meaning Modal Mood Attitude Intervention Differential
CLC: H313
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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When people speak the language, in addition to convey information, but also to use language to establish specific social relations, so that any period of discourse contains two levels of \Interpersonal function of language refers to the speaker and hearer how the interaction between people, change, maintain interpersonal relationships. Many linguists interpersonal function of language research was done. Halliday functional linguistics theory \Halliday interpersonal function refers to the language embodied relationships, it mainly through tone system and modality (modal and Italian state) embodies. Tone achieved by a limited part of the subject and predicate verbs modal constituted by the modality and the Italian state (Thompson, 1996:41). The functional grammar focuses on vocabulary and syntax layer, it focuses on a small clause within the meaning of. Martin evaluation theory discourse as a research unit of discourse semantics is its main level. The theory suggests that attitude throughout the whole discourse from grammar framework restrictions, its center of gravity is a significance beyond the small sentence. The evaluation system consists of three subsystems of attitude, engagement and graduation. Attitude can be further divided into the emotion, determination and identification. The intervention is the main language refers to the author or the language users involved in the evaluation of other people, places, events and events attitude. The differential is the attitude of light and shade and the strength of the intervention. Three subsystems of the evaluation system, the attitude is the core plays a dominant role, attitude led the authors or language user intervention, and the attitude of light and shade, and the involvement of the strength of the formation of hierarchical (JRMartin, 2008:2) . Obama is the first African-American president in the history of the United States, is the first one does not rely on political donations but rely on voters donations to get up campaign finance presidential candidate, also hit a record high rate of public support. Remove the U.S. political factors, is also an important factor in the success of their personal speech charm. Obama's speech often deeply moved by the voters, showing his speech, the full realization of the interpersonal function of language, closer and voters not only with the language, use language to establish its own image, and even affect the behavior of voters . His campaign to win acceptance speech is a good analysis of the corpus of the language interpersonal function. This paper - \interpersonal function. Understand and master the use of their language background and achieve the effect, so that we might be able to help outline a possible models for building successful interpersonal discourse.

Realization of the Interpersonal Meta-Function in Obama’s Victory Speech

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