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Functional Analysis of Discourse Features of Chinese Weather Forecast

Author: MaoXianZhuang
Tutor: JiangLing
School: Henan University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Chinese Weather Forecast Discourse Functional Analysis
CLC: H152.3
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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Abstract

In our daily life, the weather forecast can be seen everywhere. Newspapers, radio and television, the network anytime, anywhere, we will be found there. The weather forecast function is to make analysis and forecasting of future weather conditions in a region, as a discourse, reasonable arrangement lives for the people of the region, the organization of production to provide information assurance. Proved, with the rapid development of society, the weather forecast plays an increasingly important role in the people's production and life. However, for a long time, we used to only focus on the practical value of weather forecasts, value for such a special discourse in the form of linguistic analysis of linguists has not given the attention it deserves. Weather Forecast discourse linguistics analysis allows us to grasp such discourse discourse patterns, language features, which can help us more effectively to obtain textual information. In this paper, the research theoretical framework for systemic functional grammar. Preface Introduction to Functional Grammar, Halliday talked about his book is the analysis of discourse and writing. (Halliday, 1994:36) since Huang Guowen system function syntax used in advertising discourse analysis, syntax become increasingly more suitable than any other language theoretical framework of discourse analysis. (Fang Yan, 2005), however, unfortunately, so far we have not found that Chinese weather forecast discourse analysis precedent under the framework of this theory. Through this analysis, we not only proved Systemic Functional Grammar suitable for the Chinese weather forecast discourse analysis, rich Halliday's systemic functional grammar to improve the general applicability of this theory, and Chinese weather forecast discourse Discourse mode, language features have a deeper understanding. Because our Chinese corpus analysis, and the theoretical framework is borrowed from English, so we in the process of analysis and borrow moment of Modern Chinese research new results. This article corpus from the central set of weather forecast program after the evening news network. This paper consists of five chapters: The first chapter is the introduction. A brief account of the motives of this research, the research objectives, research methods, theoretical framework and corpus sources, the final purpose of this study. The second chapter is a literature review. A brief review of the far from synoptic meteorology, communication studies, as well as linguistic point of view of the study of the Chinese weather forecasts. The third chapter is a theoretical framework. This chapter combined instance of both English and Chinese yuan functions on the concept of systemic functional grammar of Halliday, interpersonal meta-functions, the discourse metafunctions theory system introduced. Same time, we have taken into account the special nature of the selected corpus of interpersonal meta-function part, we draw on the basis of the modern Chinese love state term research achievements of this article modal analysis mode presented; discourse yuan functional part, we a combination of various propulsion mode on the Thematic research draws on the Chinese theory of convergence mechanism, and finally establish the study was complete theoretical analysis framework. Chapter instance analysis. First we the Chinese Weather Forecast discourse transitivity analysis. The six process exists process, material process and the relationship between process has an absolute advantage, however, is not behavioral process. The existence of the process of accounting for the largest proportion of which \This shows that most of the statements in the presence of process Theme Location azimuth word. The weather announcer purpose of doing so is to allow audiences around the advantage of rapid access to weather information and his. The attribute type statement in the relationship between the process of the broadcaster preferred sentence, far more than identify the type of statement. The process of speech are \Statement of the psychological processes or cognitive or sensory. Then we discourse of Chinese Weather Forecast tone and modal analysis. In order to achieve the objective and accurate, the present indicative is the the preferred Chinese weather forecast discourse. Modal might type (probability), the time-based (temporality) and the degree of type (degree and intensity) is Chinese weather forecasts discourse mainly use the three types of modal vocabulary, including the possible emergence of the highest frequency are ( may be) will be \Finally, we the Chinese Weather Forecast discourse Thematic and convergence analysis. Extensive use of the Thematic consistent, and rheme agreement Thematic Progression Mode makes such discourse simple sentence structure, language and concise, easy to understand. The convergence analysis connection (conjunction) and similar (similarity) widespread use is a major feature of this type of discourse, especially lexical cohesion and direction the repeated use of the word is a distinctive feature of the Chinese weather forecast discourse . The fifth chapter is the conclusion. Summary of the results to solve research problems, and to further identify the limitations of this study as well as the outlook of this study.

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