Discourse Strategies of Affiliating Writers with Putative Readers in Newspaper Editorials: An Individuation Perspective in Systemic Functional Linguistics

LIU Fei-fei; CHANG Chen-guang

doi:10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2021010020

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LIU Fei-fei, CHANG Chen-guang. Discourse Strategies of Affiliating Writers with Putative Readers in Newspaper Editorials: An Individuation Perspective in Systemic Functional Linguistics[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2022, 38(1): 44-50. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2021010020

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LIU Fei-fei, CHANG Chen-guang. Discourse Strategies of Affiliating Writers with Putative Readers in Newspaper Editorials: An Individuation Perspective in Systemic Functional Linguistics[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2022, 38(1): 44-50. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2021010020

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LIU Fei-fei, CHANG Chen-guang. Discourse Strategies of Affiliating Writers with Putative Readers in Newspaper Editorials: An Individuation Perspective in Systemic Functional Linguistics[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2022, 38(1): 44-50. doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2021010020

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Discourse Strategies of Affiliating Writers with Putative Readers in Newspaper Editorials: An Individuation Perspective in Systemic Functional Linguistics

doi: 10.19979/j.cnki.issn10082689.2021010020

LIU Fei-fei¹,
CHANG Chen-guang²

1.
School of Foreign Languages, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China
2.
School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China

Received Date: 2021-01-07
Available Online: 2022-01-21
Publish Date: 2022-02-12

Abstract

Abstract

Editorial writers assume the existence of some putative readers and communicate with these readers in the writing process to influence their opinions and persuade them into the positions of the editorials. Drawing on the discourse semantic systems of appraisal and ideation and the individuation cline in Systemic Functional Linguistics, this study explores the patterns of affiliation and the strategies of affiliating with putative readers in newspaper editorials, using the editorials from China Daily as the data. The analyses show that editorial writers affiliate with the putative readers through the couplings of [attitudinal value + ideational entity], which are combined together into a syndrome of couplings through the taxonomic relations between entities, such as superordination and composition. This study develops the individuation cline and provides a new perspective for exploring the persuasive nature of editorial discourse.
- newspaper editorials,
- affiliation,
- Systemic Functional Linguistics,
- individuation

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