An Analysis of Tour Commentary from the Perspective of Interpersonal Meaning in SFL
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DOI: 10.25236/cstss.2019.053
Corresponding Author
Haihu Zhao
Abstract
Based on the interpersonal meaning of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), this paper conducts an analysis on tour commentary in terms of mood and modality. Then we make comparisons between good commentaries and the bad ones from the perspective of subjects of clauses, moods (declarative, interrogative, exclamative and imperative), as well as modality. Through the differences between good commentaries and the bad ones, we summarize the characteristics for the creations of excellent tour commentaries.
Keywords
Tour commentary, interpersonal meaning, systemic functional linguistics