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1、AFunctionalAnalysisofJournalisticWriting中山大学外国语学院2002级研究生张君Journalisticwritingisaspecialgenreofliterature,whichhasatypicalstyle.Thisarticleaimstodiscovertheuniquefeaturesofthistypeofwritingthroughafunctionalanalysis.BelowistheanalysisofanewsreportfromC
2、hinaDaily.1.WiththefallofBaghdad,Iraq'sU.N.ambassadordeclaredWednesday,"thegameisover.”andbecamethefirstIraqiofficialtoconcededefeatintheUS-ledwar.Itisaclausecomplexconsistingofthreeparatacticclauses.Clause1:withthefallofBaghdad,Iraq'sU.N.ambassadordec
3、laredWednesdayClause2:“thegameisover”Clause3:andbecamethefirstIraqiofficialtoconcededefeatintheUS-ledwarClause1projectsclause2.Mood:Thethreeclausesarealldeclarativestatements.Inclause1,theSubjectis“Iraq'sU.N.ambassador”andtheFiniteindicatesaneventhappe
4、nedinthepast.Inclause2,theSubjectis“thegame”whiletheFiniteshowsapresenttense,becauseitisthespeaker’scommentonthecurrentsituation.Inclause3,theellipticalSubjectisthesameasthatofclause1,anditsFiniteshowsanactionhappenedinthepast.Transitivity:Theprocessof
5、clause1isaVerbalone,“Iraq'sU.N.ambassador”astheSayer,while“withthefallofBaghdad”and“Wednesday”astheCircumstance.Clause2isanAttributiveRelational,“thegame”actsastheCarrierand“over”theAttribute.Clause3isanIdentifyingRelational,“thefirstIraqiofficialtocon
6、cededefeatintheUS-ledwar”beingtheIndentifier.2.MohammedAl-DouriexpressedhopethattheIraqipeoplewillnowbeabletoliveinpeace.Mood:TheSubjectofthisdeclarativeclauseis“MohammedAl-Douri”,anditsFiniteshowsapasttense.Transitivity:ItisaVerbalprocess,“MohammedAl-
7、Douri”theSayer,“hopethattheIraqipeoplewillnowbeabletoliveinpeace”theVerbiage.3."Myworknowispeace,"hetoldreportersoutsidehisNewYorkresidence."Thegameisover,andIhopethepeacewillprevail.IhopetheIraqipeoplewillhaveahappylife."Thisclausecomplexconsistsofthr
8、eeindependentclauses.Clause1:"Myworknowispeace,"Clause2:hetoldreportersoutsidehisNewYorkresidenceClause3:"Thegameisover,andIhopethepeacewillprevail.IhopetheIraqipeoplewillhaveahappylife."(Itisaquote,whichisalsoaclausecomplexmadeupofthre
