简介:Inrecentyears,numeroustextualstudieshaveappeared.However,themajorityofthemconcentratedonthestudyofcohesionandcoherenceofsentences.VanDijk(1977,1980),Hollandfamouslinguist,putforward"Macrostructures"whichprovideuswithatheoreticalbasistostudymacrostructureoftexts.ThepaperaimstointroduceitinverydetailandmakeitknowntoalltheEnglishlearners.
简介:Appraisaltheory,anewlydevelopedtheory,appliesSFLtoinvestigatingtheinterpersonalmeaningoflanguage.Ithasbeenemployedtoanalyzevariouskindsoftextsuchasnews,novelandadvertisement.RobertFrost’suniquewritingstyleandhisfamouspoemTheRoadNotTakenhavebeenanalyzedfrommanyaspects.Thispaperaimsatdemonstratingtheprofoundintentionofliteraryworksfromtheperspectiveofappraisaltheory.Meanwhile,thesystemofappraisaltheorycanbeenhancedanddevelopedthroughtheanalysisofliteraryworks.
简介:Althoughnurseryrhymesandothertextsforchildrenofteninvolveimplausibleorevenfantasticcombinationsofelements,childrenseemtohavenotroublefollowingthem.Thepapertriestoaccountforthephenomenoninperspectiveofmentalspacetheory,suggestingthatchildrenareadeptatthesortofmentalprocesscalledasconceptualintegration.
简介:Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,largequantitiesofneologismsarecreated.Neologismsaretheresultofpeople’sconceptualizationofnewthingsbasedontheirlifeexperiences.Cognitivelinguisticsviewsthatcategorizationoforganismsandconcreteobjectsarebasedontheprototypecategory.Thispapertakes167EnglishNeologismsfromWordspyin2015asthedataforanalysisandfindsthattheseEnglishNeologismsarecharacterizedbyfamilyresemblances,degreeofmembershipincategoryandboundaryfuzzinessfromtheviewofprototypecategorytheory.ThisstudyalsohassomeimplicationsfortheresearchofEnglishlanguageteachingandlearning.