Abstract
As the disseminator of information, news media play a vital role in the public speech community. Especially the mainstream English media in China, which not only carefully design the topic, content, and framework of news to broadcast information but also construct cultural identity and build China’s image. Exemplified by a piece of news from China Daily, the present study analyzes its language features and function of transitivity system based on the theory of transitivity, and attempts to explore its implicit meaning and cultural identity beyond the literal text.
Highlights
Nowadays, the popularization and development of the internet have helped form a public discourse in which people have easier access to information acquisition and exchange
Transitivity theory is used to make a critical analysis of news discourse
Through exploring the language features of clauses in news discourse reveal the cultural identity beyond the literal text from the perspective of systemic-functional grammar
Summary
The popularization and development of the internet have helped form a public discourse in which people have easier access to information acquisition and exchange. As the disseminator of information, news media play an important role in modern society and help people to understand the world. With the continuous implementation of China’s policy of opening up to the outside world, the role of domestic English news media in international communication is becoming more and more important. Reporters carefully choose words and design framework of news to broadcast information objectively and improve China’s international status and shape its image. This paper makes a critical analysis of a piece of news from China Daily, one of the largest mainstream English media in China to explore its implicit meaning. Transitivity theory is used to make a critical analysis of news discourse. Through exploring the language features of clauses in news discourse reveal the cultural identity beyond the literal text from the perspective of systemic-functional grammar
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