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1、Chapter1Introduction1Introduction1.1ResearchBackgroundAppraisalTheoryisconcemedwiththelinguisticresourcesbywhichthewriterorspeakercanexpresstheirattitudes,getinvolvedinpropositions,andgradetheassessmentofmeanings(MartinandWhite,2005).AccordingtoWhite(2001),Appraisalframeworkisaparticularw
2、aytoexplore,describe,andexplainthewaylanguageisused.BeingputforwardbyMartininthe1990s,theAppraisalTheoryhasbeenwidelyacknowledged.AsanewdevelopmentofHalliday’SSystemic—FunctionalLinguistics(SFL),itisabreakthroughinthestudyofinterpersonalmeaningindiscourse.Itisalsoaparticularapproachtoexpl
3、orehowlanguageisusedtoestablishtherelationshipbetweenauthorandreader.AppraisalTheoryiseffectiveonthestudyofcontroversialissuewhichhasgreatevaluatingresources。Overaperiodof20years,theworkofdevelopingAppraisalTheoryisbeingcarriedoutbymanyresearchers.Therearealotofappraisalstudiesworkingondi
4、fferenttypeofgenres,suchasacademictext,advertisement,politicalnews,literatureandSOon.Newsdiscoursehaslongdrawntheattentionofresearchers,andithasbeenstudiedfromdifferentperspectives.AlthoughnewsdiscourseisnotafreshfieldstudiedwithrespecttoAppraisalTheory,Englishpoliticalnewsdiscoursehasnot
5、beenstudiedprofoundly,especiallythecomparisonsbetweentwokindsofgenres.Thereisstilllargespacetoexplore.SincetheadvancementofChineseintemationaltrade,someeconomistsandUSgovernmentareimposinggreatpressureontheappreciationofChinesecurrency.ObamahasfrequentlyattackedChinaovertheRMBissue.Whethe
6、rChinaispushingworldeconomyintoagreatinflationaryslumpisbecomingincreasinglycontentious.Intheyear2010,theissuebecamethefocusdisputebetweenChinaandUSA.andthenewsreportsonRMBexchangeratealsoattractedattentionfromexpertsandordinarypeopleallaroundtheworld.Mostmediacriticsandcriticaldiscoursea
7、nalysispractitionersarguethatthemainstreammediadoesn’tjustreflectthereality,butratherisconstrainedbytheeconomic,politicalandinstitutionalownershipcontextwhichpreventsmediafromgivingobjectivereports.TheAmericannewsmedia,becauseoftheirwidespreadandChapter1Introduction
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