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玉林师范学院本科生毕业论文
A Study on Interpersonal Meaning of Modality in Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
奥巴马诺贝尔和平奖获奖感言情态系统人际意义研究
院 系 专 业 学 生 班 级 姓 名 学 号
指导教师单位 指导教师姓名 指导教师职称
外语系
英语（应用英语方向）
2008级2班 邱佳凤 200803402223
外国语学院 袁志强 讲师
A Study on Interpersonal Meaning of Modality in Obama’s Nobel
Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Author: Qiu Jiafeng Cla: 2008-2 Major: English(Applied English)School of Foreign
Studies
Supervisor: Yuan Zhiqiang
Abstract Interpersonal meaning of discourse means the function of negotiation or exchange between the addreer and the addreee, and the function of expreing the addreer’s opinion, judgment and attitude, etc.so as to establish and maintain appropriate social relationships between the addreer and addreee.Based on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar(SFG), many scholars study interpersonal meaning of different discourse in recent years.Modality is a complex system in SFG，it is one of the devices to realize interpersonal meaning.Through proper choices of different types, values and orientations of modality, appropriate interpersonal meaning is reached.In the theoretical framework SFG, Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech is analyzed from the perspective of modality.Obama reach his aim of demonstrating his authority as a president as well as a peace keeper;shortening distance with the audience and motivating the audience by using modality.Though the analysis of the modality’s interpersonal meaning in the acceptance speech, we find the modality of interpersonal meaning can be investigated at the lexical and grammatical level.Obama uses the mixture of them to show his attitude and viewpoints, committing to the reliability of what he says, imposing preure on himself and the audience, asking or offering the audience information, requesting the audience to take some certain actions.And the audience can feel the atmosphere and politene through the wording choice of modality.The most often adopted modality modes are modal operators and modal adjuncts in this speech.We find that the modal operators taken high percentage are “will” “must” and “will”.The speaker also uses modal adjuncts and metaphors of modality to realize interpersonal meaning effectively.The thesis proves the effectivene of SFG and provides the reader a good understanding of Obama’s feature of speech.Key words：interpersonal meaning, modality, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech，Systemic Functional Grammar
奥巴马诺贝尔和平奖获奖感言情态系统人际意义研究
外国语学院 英语（应用英语）2班 邱佳凤
指导教师 袁志强
摘要
话语的人际意义是指语言传达信息，以及表达说话人观点、推断、态度，表明其身份、地位的功能。人际功能能在说话人和听话人之间建立良好的社会关系。近年来，很多学者基于韩礼德系统功能语法理论，对人际意义进行许多研究。情态这个复杂的系统，是实现人际意义的多种手段之一。通过情态的不同种类、不同量值、不同取向的正确选择，可以实现良好的人际意义。
在系统功能语法的理论框架下，本文选取奥巴马的诺贝尔和平奖获奖感言作为研究语料，从情态角度分析其人际意义。通过运用情态，奥巴马达到了他的目的，即建立了他作为一个总统和和平维护者的威望，缩短了和观众之间的距离，激励观众。通过对本篇感言的情态分析，我们发现情态的人际意义可以从词汇和语法两个层面来分析。奥巴马运用了两者，表达了他的态度和观点，承担他演讲的可靠性,对他自己及观众施加压力，向观众提供信息或者获取信息，要求观众采取一些行动。并且，观众也能够通过情态用词感觉到现场气氛及礼貌程度。本篇演讲中使用最多的是情态动词和情态副词，而使用最多的情态动词是“will” “must” 和 “can”。演讲者同样也很有效的运用了情态隐喻来实现人际意义。本篇论文证实了系统功能语法的有效性，也能够使读者很好的理解奥巴马演讲的特征。
关键词：人际意义，情态，奥巴马诺贝尔和平奖获奖感言，系统功能语法
Contents 1.Introduction…………………………………………………………………….1 2.Literature Review………………………………………………………………3 2.1 Previous Studies on Interpersonal Meaning From Systemic Functional Perspective ………………………….........................................................................................3 2.2 Functional Viewpoint of Modality………………………………………..........5
2.2.1 Types…………………………………………………………………...5
2.2.2 Values………………………………………………………………......6
2.2.3 Orientations………………………………………………………….....6 2.3 Linguistic Realizations of Modality……………………………………………7 3.Theoretical Framework......................................................................................10 3.1 Fundamental Speech Function……………………………..………………….10 3.2 Theoretical Framework of Modality………………………………………….11 3.2.1 Types………………………………………………………………........11 3.2.2 Values……………………………………………………………….......12 3.2.3 Orientations……………………………………………………………..12
3.3 Summary……………………………………………………………………...13 4.Discuion and Results……………….………………………………………..14 4.1 Data Analysis of Modality in This Speech……………………………...............14 4.2 Interpersonal Meaning of Modality in This Speech…………………………….17 4.2.1 Interpersonal Meaning of Different Types of Modality…….……………...17 4.2.2 Interpersonal Meaning of Different Values of Modality...............................23 4.2.3 Interpersonal Meaning of Different Orientations of Modality……………..26 5.Conclusions and Limitations…………………………………………………..30 References…………………………………………………………………………..32 Appendix: Text of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech…………….33 Acknowledgment…………………………………………………………………....45
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Types of Modality……………………………………………………..5 Table 2.2 Degrees of Modality…………………………………………………...6 Table 2.3 Values of Modal Operators……………………………………………..6 Table 2.4 Orientations of Modality………………………………………………7 Table 2.5 Comment Adjuncts…………………………………………………….9 Table 3.1 Fundamental Speech Functions………………………………………..10 Table 4.1 Overall Frequencies of the Modal Operators…………………………..14 Table 4.2 Frequencies of Mood Adjuncts………………………………………..15 Table 4.3 Frequencies of Values of Modal Operators…………………………....16 Table 4.4 Frequencies of Values of Metaphorical Modality……………………..16 Table 4.5 Frequencies of Orientations of Modality……………………………...17
