For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a uni...For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a unified model of language which in principle allows the links to be made within the same description.展开更多
As a new research field,multimodal discourse analysis is facing a lot of challenges.On the one hand,the status of multimodality in traditional linguistics is questioned.Many linguists argue that nonlinguistic signs su...As a new research field,multimodal discourse analysis is facing a lot of challenges.On the one hand,the status of multimodality in traditional linguistics is questioned.Many linguists argue that nonlinguistic signs such as gestures and visual images are out of the scope of linguistics.On the other hand,the theories and methods of multimodal discourse analysis are still at an early stage of development and have many limitations.Moreover,many researchers have misunderstandings of the field.In view of these,this article provides a brief explanation of the basic questions of multimodal discourse analysis,including why we analyze multimodal discourse,whether linguistic theories are applicable to nonlinguistic signs such as visual images and gesture,what is the scope of multimodal research,what are the main theories and methods,and what are the limitations and misunderstandings.It further points out that researchers need to have the awareness of making their research interdisciplinary,empirical,and application-oriented.It argues that multimodal research should be based on theoretical and methodological innovation,and should aim at solving real communication problems in the multimedia age.The accurate understanding of these questions is crucial for developing multimodal discourse analysis into a new discipline with strong theoretical and methodological support.展开更多
George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human be...George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human beings possess remain fresh forever.Linguistically speaking,the discourse cohesion of this poem contributes to the expression of the theme of it.Based on the stylistic analysis,this paper argues that the expression of the poetic theme is realized through the overall layout of cohesion of this poem,manifested in rhyme scheme,lexicon,structure and logic.展开更多
This paper focuses on how to process the information in a discourse and studies the process principles of information.They are Deletion Principle,Generalization Principle,Construction Principle,Fuzzy Parsing Principle...This paper focuses on how to process the information in a discourse and studies the process principles of information.They are Deletion Principle,Generalization Principle,Construction Principle,Fuzzy Parsing Principle.They can be used in the reading comprehension.展开更多
一、语域(register)的定义与形成语域这个抽象概念指在特定语境中一组语义模式(semantic patterns)的组合,以用来表达语义的语音、词汇和语法的结构。通俗地说,语域是讲话者根据语境的变化而选用的语言变体。语域与语境之间有紧密的联...一、语域(register)的定义与形成语域这个抽象概念指在特定语境中一组语义模式(semantic patterns)的组合,以用来表达语义的语音、词汇和语法的结构。通俗地说,语域是讲话者根据语境的变化而选用的语言变体。语域与语境之间有紧密的联系。语域反映语境,语境决定语域。决定语域的语境因素主要有三个方面:话语范围(field of discourse)、话语形式(mode of discourse)和话语要旨(tenor of discourse). 话语范围是“展开更多
The adequate comprehension of texts requires students to make use of a different kind of linguistic knowledge than sentence grammar provides. Accordingly,discourse knowledge must be taught to the students in a systema...The adequate comprehension of texts requires students to make use of a different kind of linguistic knowledge than sentence grammar provides. Accordingly,discourse knowledge must be taught to the students in a systematic and purposeful way. This paper focuses on the application of discourse analysis in cultivating learners’reading comprehension skills,emphasizing on linguistic relationships set up between sentences which contribute to the overall cohesion of a text,including reference,substitution,ellipsis,conjunction,and lexical cohesion. Discourse analytic techniques have been discussed to help language learners become conscious of the learning processes and develop learning autonomy by means of strategy training.展开更多
In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking i...In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking in Western cultures, this article argues that, while Western critical thinking presets a kind of rationality which is biased to-wards descriptive logic rather than prescriptive logic, the virtue - centered traditional Chinese culture cultivates a gener-al habit of using methods of prescriptive logic. Descriptive logic accounts for “how to get” true judgments while pre- scriprive logic aims at explaining “why a true judgment is true”. Critical thinking education in China should pay more attention to the role descriptive logic plays. The fact that the new - media infomiarion disseminarion is deepening in- tercultiiral communication makes it necessary to implement critical thinking education in China,but the implementa-tion should be focused on cultivating the students* ability to organize discourse in a logical way.展开更多
We have come to know comprehension better by studying the nature and characteristics of reading processes and by weighing the pros and cons of different reading theories and their influence on the teaching of reading....We have come to know comprehension better by studying the nature and characteristics of reading processes and by weighing the pros and cons of different reading theories and their influence on the teaching of reading. But in China, unfortunately, few achievements have been made in the field of reading theory research. Thus, in order to ameliorate our reading teaching, it is urgent for us to set up our own system of reading theories. The author, after studying carefully the present reading models in China and by absorbing the quintessence of foreign reading theories, ventures to suggest the “discourse word discourse” model. The model gives full thought to the characteristics of Chinese college students and thus suits a reading classroom in China better. However, the comprehension factors involved in the model are far from exhaustive and the model itself leaves much room for modification and addition.\;展开更多
文摘For language users,meaning is the central fact about language,and meaning emerges from a seamless union of wording and context.Functional Grammar attempts to face that uncomfortable fact head-on and to establish a unified model of language which in principle allows the links to be made within the same description.
文摘As a new research field,multimodal discourse analysis is facing a lot of challenges.On the one hand,the status of multimodality in traditional linguistics is questioned.Many linguists argue that nonlinguistic signs such as gestures and visual images are out of the scope of linguistics.On the other hand,the theories and methods of multimodal discourse analysis are still at an early stage of development and have many limitations.Moreover,many researchers have misunderstandings of the field.In view of these,this article provides a brief explanation of the basic questions of multimodal discourse analysis,including why we analyze multimodal discourse,whether linguistic theories are applicable to nonlinguistic signs such as visual images and gesture,what is the scope of multimodal research,what are the main theories and methods,and what are the limitations and misunderstandings.It further points out that researchers need to have the awareness of making their research interdisciplinary,empirical,and application-oriented.It argues that multimodal research should be based on theoretical and methodological innovation,and should aim at solving real communication problems in the multimedia age.The accurate understanding of these questions is crucial for developing multimodal discourse analysis into a new discipline with strong theoretical and methodological support.
文摘George Herbert's poem,"Virtue",conveys to us a theme that all material things in this world,however shiny they are on the outside,are flashy on the inside;only the spiritual sublime virtues that human beings possess remain fresh forever.Linguistically speaking,the discourse cohesion of this poem contributes to the expression of the theme of it.Based on the stylistic analysis,this paper argues that the expression of the poetic theme is realized through the overall layout of cohesion of this poem,manifested in rhyme scheme,lexicon,structure and logic.
文摘This paper focuses on how to process the information in a discourse and studies the process principles of information.They are Deletion Principle,Generalization Principle,Construction Principle,Fuzzy Parsing Principle.They can be used in the reading comprehension.
文摘一、语域(register)的定义与形成语域这个抽象概念指在特定语境中一组语义模式(semantic patterns)的组合,以用来表达语义的语音、词汇和语法的结构。通俗地说,语域是讲话者根据语境的变化而选用的语言变体。语域与语境之间有紧密的联系。语域反映语境,语境决定语域。决定语域的语境因素主要有三个方面:话语范围(field of discourse)、话语形式(mode of discourse)和话语要旨(tenor of discourse). 话语范围是“
文摘The adequate comprehension of texts requires students to make use of a different kind of linguistic knowledge than sentence grammar provides. Accordingly,discourse knowledge must be taught to the students in a systematic and purposeful way. This paper focuses on the application of discourse analysis in cultivating learners’reading comprehension skills,emphasizing on linguistic relationships set up between sentences which contribute to the overall cohesion of a text,including reference,substitution,ellipsis,conjunction,and lexical cohesion. Discourse analytic techniques have been discussed to help language learners become conscious of the learning processes and develop learning autonomy by means of strategy training.
文摘In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking in Western cultures, this article argues that, while Western critical thinking presets a kind of rationality which is biased to-wards descriptive logic rather than prescriptive logic, the virtue - centered traditional Chinese culture cultivates a gener-al habit of using methods of prescriptive logic. Descriptive logic accounts for “how to get” true judgments while pre- scriprive logic aims at explaining “why a true judgment is true”. Critical thinking education in China should pay more attention to the role descriptive logic plays. The fact that the new - media infomiarion disseminarion is deepening in- tercultiiral communication makes it necessary to implement critical thinking education in China,but the implementa-tion should be focused on cultivating the students* ability to organize discourse in a logical way.
文摘We have come to know comprehension better by studying the nature and characteristics of reading processes and by weighing the pros and cons of different reading theories and their influence on the teaching of reading. But in China, unfortunately, few achievements have been made in the field of reading theory research. Thus, in order to ameliorate our reading teaching, it is urgent for us to set up our own system of reading theories. The author, after studying carefully the present reading models in China and by absorbing the quintessence of foreign reading theories, ventures to suggest the “discourse word discourse” model. The model gives full thought to the characteristics of Chinese college students and thus suits a reading classroom in China better. However, the comprehension factors involved in the model are far from exhaustive and the model itself leaves much room for modification and addition.\;
