话语与社会的变迁—基于《人民日报》元旦社论(1949-2013)的历时研究毕业论文1.doc
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1、 毕 业 论 文 题 目:话语与社会的变迁基于人民日报 元旦社论(1949-2013)的历时研究 Discourse and Social Change A Diachronic Study of the New Years Editorials (1949-2013) in the Peoples Daily Xing Jianping A Thesis Submitted in Conformity with the Requirementsfor the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Supervised by Ji Weining Foreign Languag
2、es School of Qingdao Agricultural UniversityJune 6, 2014Contents 1. Introduction.22. Theoretical Background.33. Diachronic Study of High Frequency Key Words .34. Diachronic Study of Titles.65. Diachronic Study of Generic Structure.85.1 The Identification of Generic UnitsMove and Step.95.2 Changes of
3、 Generic Structure over the Five Periods.106. Conclusion.13References .14Acknowledgements.16Appendix.17Discourse and Social Change A Diachronic Study of the New Years Editorials (1949-2013) in the Peoples DailyXing JianpingClass 2, 2007, Foreign Languages School, Qingdao Agricultural UniversityAbstr
4、act: There is a dialectical relationship between language and society. Language changes with changes of society, in converse, also casts effects on social changes. Since 1949, Chinese society has experienced several major social changes. Whether these social changes will affect language use or not h
5、as been one of the major concerns of linguistic field. This paper chooses the New Years Editorials of the Peoples Daily as study object for the purpose to explore the relations between discourse and social change. Taking systemic functional linguistics theory as theoretical basis and the combination
6、 of qualitative and quantitative analysis as research method, this study investigates the diachronic changes of the New Years Editorials over 65 years (1949-2013). This investigation mainly precedes through three aspects, namely, analysis of the high frequency key words, title, and generic structure
7、. The analysis reveals that the New Years Editorial, as a type of discourse, displays evident diachronic changes which have a close relationship with the changes of social and cultural context, showing covariant characteristics. Keywords: The New Years Editorial; Covariant Relations; Generic Structu
8、re; Social Situations 话语与社会的变迁基于人民日报元旦社论(1949-2013)的历时研究摘要:语言与社会之间具有一种辩证相关的关系。语言随着社会的发展而变化,并反过来影响社会的变化。1949年以来,中国社会经历过几次重大的社会变革,这种变革对语言的使用是否产生影响是语言学界关注的问题之一。本文以人民日报的元旦社论为研究对象,以系统功能语言学的思想为观照,运用定性分析与定量分析方法,对建国以来人民日报65篇(19492013)元旦社论进行历时研究。研究主要从语篇的高频关键词、标题、体裁结构三个方面对元旦社论进行历时的语言学层面的文本分析,目的在于揭示话语和社会环境的关系。
9、研究发现元旦社论这一语篇类型的语言学特征呈现出明显的历时变化,这些语言学特征的变化与社会环境的变化具有密切的关系,呈现出共变的特征。关键词:元旦社论、共变关系、体裁结构、社会环境1. IntroductionDiscourse is the result of language when it is used in communication, which is confined by social conventions and it also can reflect them. It is a tangible form of communication act that is seman
10、tically and pragmatically coherent, and can be rendered in either written form or spoken form and is used to achieve communication goal. As one type of discourse, the New Years Editorial in the Peoples Daily is a typical study object to study the relationship between language and social changes. The
11、 New Years Editorial which is published by the main stream media on the countrys most important festival epitomizes not only the state line, principles and policies of the party and the country, but also the outlook of the party and country on various aspects of politics, economy and culture in the
12、new year. As one type of news comment, the New Years Editorial reflects the social environment where it happens, and has covariant relations with it. Since the foundation of China, the Peoples Daily has issued the 65 New Years Editorials (1949-2013). There are many previous researches on the New Yea
13、rs Editorial. However, most of them focus on macro study of social relations; few of them pay attention to detailed linguistics studies with a view to the relationship between language and social changes. This study aims at investigating a diachronic study of the New Years Editorial in order to disc
14、lose the relationship between language and social changes through a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis of the text. The paper divides the 65 New Years Editorials into five periods according to main developing periods of Chinese society: the earlier years of new China (1949-1956), t
15、he period of tough development of China (1957-1965), the period of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1977), the period of early years of “Reform and Opening up” (1978-1992) and the period of building socialism with Chinese characteristics (1993-2013). In order to avoid one-sidedness and subjectivity on
16、the selected corpus, and to ensure the validity of the study as far as possible , this paper follows comprehensive, full and objective principles, and analyzes all the 65 New Years Editorials (1949-2013). 2. Theoretical Background The study takes Hallidays systemic functional grammar as theoretical
17、basis. According to Halliday (1985), “whatever the final purpose or direction of the analysis, there has to be a grammar at the base. A discourse analysis that is not based on grammar is not an analysis at all.” A systemic functional approach can be applied to discourse study. Many scholars have con
18、ducted discourse analysis from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), from which many features about discourse have been discovered. SFL is chosen as the main theory for the present study, for it is a theory that is particularly dedicated to expounding the relationships between cu
19、lture, society and language use. SFL suggests that there are direct interconnections between social environment and language use. Halliday believes the social structure is realized by the language structure, which also reflects the social structure obviously. Language variation is a symbolic express
20、ion of social variation. It is created by society, and in turn, it helps to create society. Halliday regards language as social symbols and social behavior. First, language is a social symbol and it is a subsystem of the social symbol. Second, language is social behavior, and social behavior is embo
21、died through language. According to Halliday, one of the aims of SFL is to serve the purpose of text analysis. The effectiveness of discourse can be investigated from the perspective of SFL. Another supporter of systemic functional grammar, Fairclough (1992:64-65) also emphasizes the dialectical rel
22、ation between language and social change. Language is the product of society and is subjected to the social structure. Language and social structure are inseparable. He insists that the language variant has its own social values and social functions and he believes that language and society is an in
23、separable unity. Language can lead to social change and reflects a deeper level of social reality.3. Diachronic Study of High Frequency Key WordsThis study employs a corpus linguistics method to collect and analyse the high frequency key words in the New Years Editorials and explains the reasons why
24、 these key words appear frequently. The corpus linguistics combines corpus with computer analysis software and other ways to deal with data, allowing researchers to identify language patterns. The research method of corpus seems more convenient and reliable when it comes to analyzing a large corpus
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