An Analysis of Leonardo’s United Nations Climate Summit Speech from the Perspective of Interpersonal Metafunction_英语论文

摘要

本文以韩礼德的人际元功能理论为视角，对莱昂纳多于2014年在联合国气候峰会上的演讲词进行分析，旨在帮助读者理解和评价演讲的适宜性，从而为读者做出更好的演讲提供一些有意义的指导。韩礼德的系统功能语法包括人际功能、概念功能和语篇功能三个功能。人际功能是与他人进行互动，建立并保持恰当的社会联系，从而影响他人的行为，并传达自己对事物的看法。本研究主要对人际意义的语气、情态和人称代词进行分析，通过分析演讲语篇，作者发现莱昂纳多运用了很多语气、情态动词和人称代词实现人际功能，旨在呼吁领导人团结起来共同应对气候变化的相关问题，减轻全球变暖，并在2015年达成全球气候协议。

关键词：莱昂纳多2014年的演讲词  韩礼德的人际功能  语气  情态  人称代词

Abstract

This paper focuses on the analysis of Leonardo’s 2014 United Nations Climate Summit speech from the perspective of Halliday’s interpersonal metafunction theory, aiming to help readers understand and evaluate the speech regarding its suitability, also to provide some significant guidance for readers to make better speeches.

The systemic-functional grammar of Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday contains three metafunctions: the interpersonal metafunction, ideational (experiential) metafunction and textual metafunction. The interpersonal metafunction is to interact with others to build and keep the appropriate social links with them, which can influence their behavior and convey their own opinions on things. 

This study mainly involves the analysis of mood, modality and personal pronouns of the interpersonal meaning. Through analyzing the speech, the author finds out that Leonardo employs plenty of mood, modal verbs and personal pronouns to realize the interpersonal function in order to call on the leaders to unite together to tackle related issues of climate change, mitigate global warming, and reach a global climate agreement in 2015.

Key words: Leonardo’s 2014 speech  Halliday’s Interpersonal Metafunction  mood  modality  personal pronouns

Contents

Chapter One  Introduction 1

1.1  Leonardo DiCaprio 1

1.2  Leonardo’s UN Climate Summit Speech 2

1.3  Research Methodology and Structure of the Thesis 2

Chapter Two  Literature Review 4

2.1  Previous Studies of Interpersonal Function in English Speech 4

2.1.1 Previous Studies Abroad 4

2.1.2 Previous Studies at Home 5

2.2  Previous Studies of This Speech 7

Chapter Three  Theoretical Framework 8

3.1  An Introduction to M.A.K. Halliday 8

3.2  Halliday’s Interpersonal Function 8

Chapter Four  Case Studies 10

4.1  Introduction 10

4.2  Mood 10

4.2.1 Declarative mood 11

4.3  Modality 12

4.3.1 Can 14

4.3.2 Will 14

4.3.3 Must 15

4.3.4 Need 16

4.4  Personal Pronoun 17

4.4.1 The First Personal Pronoun 18

4.4.2 The Second Personal Pronoun 20

4.4.3 The Third Personal Pronoun 21

Chapter Five  Conclusion 22

Bibliography

Appendix

Acknowledgments