The Function of Passive Voice in English News From the Perspective of Metafunction of Language

Abstract The use of passive voice in some English writing styles is very extensive, especially in English news。 Quite a number of domestic and foreign scholars did many researches on the function of the passive voice in English news, but many of them stay on the word and single sentence level, therefore, this article will analyze the collected 36 news systematically from the perspective of metafunction of language。88728

This article will discuss the following questions: 1) how to analyze the structure of the passive voice from the perspective of language metafunction in English news; 2) how to analyze of the function of the passive voice from the perspective of language metafunction in English news。 The transitivity in ideational function shows how passive voice is made and how to judge if it is passive voice or not。 The mood system in interpersonal function shows how the passive voice creates the interpersonal meaning by changing the structure of the sentence。 And the theme-rheme structure in textual function shows that how the passive voice help build the coherence between words and sentences。And from the perspective of ideational function, the passive voice can help the news reporter expound objective truth, at the same time it can also help the reporters to express personal opinions and attitudes; From the interpersonal function of language, passive voice can help the report meets the language of the cooperative principle; From textual function of language, the passive voice has six functions: theme-stressing function, theme-introducing function, theme-transferring function, focus-protruding function, focus contrasting function and cohesion-developing function。 From优T尔K论M文L网wWw.YouERw.com 加QQ75201^8766

Through the analysis above, the author proves that the metafunction can be used to analyze the passive voice in English news, and it is effective。

Keywords: passive voice; English news; metafunction

从语言的元功能角度分析新闻语体中被动语态的功能

摘 要被动语态在一些英语语体中的使用非常广泛，尤其是在新闻语体中。相当一部分的国内外学者已经对被动语态在英语新闻中的功能有所研究，但是其中很多的研究只是停留在字词和单个句子上，因此，本文将从语言元功能的角度，系统地分析搜集到的36篇新闻语料。源Q于D优G尔X论V文Y网wwW.yOueRw.com 原文+QQ75201`8766

本文将探讨以下几个问题：1）怎样从语言的元功能角度分析被动语态的结构；2）怎样从语言的元功能角度分析被动语态在英语新闻中的功能。结构研究结果显示，概念功能中的及物性可以用来判断一个句子是否是被动句；人际功能中的语气系统可以通过改变句子结构达到某种人际功能；篇章功能中的主述位结构可以建立词语和句子间的联系。功能研究结果显示，从语言的概念功能看，被动语态能够帮助报道者客观的反映新闻，同时也可以帮助报道者表达个人的观点和态度；从语言的人际功能看，被动语态能够帮助报道者的报道符合语言的合作原则；从语言的篇章功能看，被动语态具有六个功能：突出主题功能，引入主题功能，转换主题功能，凸显焦点功能，对比焦点功能以及语篇衔接功能。

通过以上分析，作者证明了语言的元功能可以用来分析被动语态在英语新闻中的功能，并且作者认为这种分析是有效的。

毕业论文关键词：被动语态；英语新闻；元功能

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

2。 Literature Review 3

2。1 Situation of Passive Voice Using in English News 3

2。2 The Structure of Passive Voice From优T尔K论M文L网wWw.YouERw.com 加QQ75201^8766 from the Metafunction Perspective