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1、 XXXX大学XX学院毕 业 论 文 ( 2009 届) 题 目 : 专 业: 姓 名: 指导教师: 完成日期: 2013 年 4 月 30 日 LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY HAIHUA COLLEGE A STUDY ON THE FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH INTONATIONA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTSBY CLASS
2、01GRADE 2009ADVISOR: ASSOCIATE PROFESSORAPRIL, 2013AbstractEnglish intonation studies the pitch variations in utterances and other paralinguistic features such as stress and pause, which are all features of English in use. These features of English intonation are an important way of verbal communica
3、tion, for they play a vital role in helping speakers express true meanings and listeners understand what speakers want to convey. The changes of intonation can not only change the meaning of a sentence, but also facilitate the expressing of speakers attitudes, feelings, emotions and moods better. Th
4、us, participants of communication should know the importance of English intonation and learn to recognize the functions and meanings of different English intonations in order to achieve a highly successful and smooth communication. This paper discusses the attitudinal function, accentual function, a
5、nd discourse function of English intonation, which may display its crucial influence in the attitudinal, accentual, and discourse aspects concretely. By analysing speech act theory in English linguistics, the author of this paper gives enough examples and analyse them in order to make a new generali
6、zation of the functions of English intonation. The whole paper is divided into four chapters. Chapter one, as a starting point of the study, is a brief introduction to the theme of the paper. The feasibility and necessity of the study on the functions of English intonation are also pointed out in th
7、is part. Chapter two mainly introduces the relevant terms and their concepts which can be usually seen in expressing English intonation. It also provides an analysis of the basic unit of English intonation and a general introduction to speech act theory, an English linguistic theory, which .paves th
8、e theoretical way for the following chapters. Chapter three illustrates the attitudinal function, accentual function, and discourse function of English intonation in detail. Plenty of examples are employed and analysed. Chapter four is a conclusion of the whole thesis, which illustrates the primary
9、role of English intonation in verbal communication and the practical significance of this research, and emphasizes the feasibility and necessity of the study on the functions of English intonation again. Meanwhile, the limitations of the present paper and the direction of further research are also p
10、ointed out in this chapter. Key words: speech act theory, English intonation, function 摘 要英语语调研究主要涉及英语中音调的高低变化以及重音和停顿等其他超音段特征,是英语在使用中所体现的特征。这些语调特征是言语表达的重要方式,对说话人的表达和听话者的理解起着至关重要的作用。语调的变化不仅能引起句子意思的变化,还能更好地表达说话者的态度、感受和情绪。为了顺利实现成功的交流,交流的参与者都应该了解英语语调的重要性并且学会理解不同语调的功能和意义。本文主要运用了英语语言学理论中的言语行为理论重新概括英语语调的一些
11、功能,具体表现在情感态度的表达、重要信息的强调、以及在语篇中所体现的功能等多个层面,即表态功能、重音功能、及语篇功能。结合言语行为理论,作者举了一些例子并对例子进行分析,从而对英语语调的这些功能做了新的概括。本文共分为四个部分。第一部分引言简要介绍了关于文章的研究主题和定位以及研究目的,说明英语语调功能研究的可行性和必要性。第二部分主要介绍英语语调相关的术语及其概念,指出英语语调分析的基本单位、构成和特点以及研究中所用的相关语言学理论,为后面章节的分析做理论铺垫。第三部分具体阐述英语语调的表态功能、重音功能和语篇功能并就每一类功能下的具体体现方式举例加以分析。第四部分结语对全文进行归纳和总结并
12、揭示英语语调在话语交际中的主要作用以及此项研究的现实意义,再一次强调英语语调功能研究的可行性和必要性,同时指出该论文存在的不足和今后的研究方向。关键词:言语行为理论;英语语调;功能 CONTENTSAbstractiChapter 1: Introduction1Chapter 2: Basic Knowledge of English Intonation and Theory for the Study4 2.1 Definition of Intonation, Tone and Stress4 2.2 Basic Unit of English Intonation Analysis8
13、 2.3 Theory for the Study10Chapter 3: The Functions of English Intonation15 3.1 The Attitudinal Function of English Intonation16 3.2 The Accentual Function of English Intonation18 3.3 The Discourse Function of English Intonation20Chapter 4: Conclusion24Works Cited27Acknowledgements28A Study on the F
14、unctions of English Intonation Chapter 1: Introduction As we know, English is an intonation language, and intonation itself, which is a critical element in an oral communication, is considered to be the soul of an intonation language. No matter when we speak, what we say and what language we use, we
15、 cant avoid using the intonation. It can indicate speakers attitudes, reflect various emotional expression and convey a variety of speakers real intentions. Besides, it can also set up a social communicative context or background, and help people grasp the potential information or messages in an utt
16、erance or communication. In general, the intonation which helps speakers to transfer their real intentions or deliver information or messages effectively and precisely is always the signal of topic-shift or turning point of sentence meaning in an utterance. A complete mastery of the intonation of on
17、e language is the key to understanding speakers real intentions in an oral communication. However, unfortunately, although English is the most widely used and studied language all over the world, the systematic study of its soulEnglish intonationis normally ignored by large numbers of EFL (which is
18、short for English as a Foreign Language) learners. For a very long time, they, the EFL learners, simply regard English intonation as a syntactic sentence type. Here take the rising tone in English intonation for example. When we use a rising tone in a sentence, most people prefer to think that it is
19、 only a way to change a declarative sentence into an interrogative, rather than think it may Chapter 2: Basic Knowledge of English Intonation and Theory for the Study This chapter is mainly concerned with the basic knowledge of English intonation such as the definition of intonation, tone, stress an
20、d tone-unit, and related theoretical studyspeech act theory, which serves as a framework of the present study. 2.1 Definition of Intonation, Tone and Stress In Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese Dictionary (the 6th Edition), intonation refers to the rise and fall of the voice in speaking, espe
21、cially as this affects the meaning of what is being said(927-928). In general, intonation means different things to different people who are in different working areas. Even in the linguistics itself, the term intonation may have been given a variety of denotations which range from the very broad se
22、nse to the very narrow sense. In the broad sense, it covers not only pitch, but also stress and pause phenomena on a supra-segmental level, while in the narrow sense, it is restricted to the non-lexical manifestation of melody in speech, which is generally known as the rise and fall of the pitch in
23、spoken language (唐, 6). Intonation is the melody of speech. In studying intonation we study how the pitch of the voice rises and falls, and how speakers use this pitch variation to convey linguistic and pragmatic meaning. It also involves the study of the rhythm of speech, and the study of how the i
24、nterplay of accented, stressed and unstressed syllable functions as a framework onto which the intonation patterns are attached (Well, 1). Intonation is a significant element of spoken English, and it is also one of the suprasegmental features which are phonemic features that appear above the level
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