discourse analysis

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1、DiscourseAnalysis　　【Abstract】DiscourseisnotamethodofteachingEnglish，itisaboutdescribingandunderstandinghowalanguageisused.　　【Keywords】Discourse，Linguistic，Analysis　　Data1：　　MoreThanJustACar　　①WhenyoustartupanewDaihatsu，you’restartingupmorethanjustacar.　　②Youarestartingane

2、wjourneythatcanenrichyourlifeinmorewaysthanyoucanimagine.　　③BecauseatDaihatsu，wedon’tjustbuildcars，webuildrelationships.　　④Weunderstandthatconsumerneedsarediverse，andwearedeterminedtoestablishalong-lasting，cooperativepartnershipgearedtowardthespecialconditionsinyourlife，a

3、ndinyourcommunity.　　⑤Apartnershipinwhichwecooperatewitheachother，andgrowtogether.　　⑥Sopickupthekeythatstartsmorethanjustacar.　　⑦BecauseaninvestmentinDaihatsuismorethanjustaninvestmentinanexcellentautomobile.　　⑧It’saninvestmentinsociety，andinthefuture.　　Thisisanadvertiseme

4、ntforcar’sselling.Seeingfromthewholetext，thestartingpointistargetedat“you”.Thebeginningtwosentencesareconsistingof34words，while5wordsofthemare“you（your）”，sowecanfigureouttheimportanceofsubject“you”.Inthefollowingthreesentences，muchmoreimportanceisattachedto“we”.Inthemeant

5、ime，inthethreesentences，therearealsotwo“your”，whichlinkedtherelationshipof“you”and“we”.Theinterpretationthatmakesmostsenseisthattherelationshipbetweenthethirdsentenceandtheformertwosentences，thethirdsentenceprovidesareasonforthefirsttwosentences.Thetwosegmentsaretherefore

6、inaphenomenon-reasonrelationship.Itisthesamesituationwiththesixthsentence，inmeaningaspect，italsoprovidesreasonfortheformersentences.Thefocusofthelasttwosentencesis“investment”：investmentinDaihatsu→investmentinanexcellentautomobile→investmentinsociety→investmentinthefuture

7、.Wecanobservetheimportanceof“you”“we”“investment”inthistextandtheyarethreeobviouslexicalcluster.Intheaspectoflexicalcohesion，“startup”，“arestartingup”，“arestarting”inthefirsttwosentencesaresynonyms，what’smore，“morethan”occursfourtimesinthewholetext，that’sarepetition.Boths

8、ynonymsandrepetitionbelongtothecategoryofreiteration.Wecanfindthatreiterationisextremelycommonin