话语与社会的变迁—基于《人民日报》元旦社论（1949-2013）的历时研究毕业论文.doc

毕 业 论 文 题 目：话语与社会的变迁—基于《人民日报》 元旦社论（1949-2013）的历时研究 Discourse and Social Change —A Diachronic Study of the New Year’s Editorials (1949-2013) in the People’s Daily Xing Jianping A Thesis Submitted in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Supervised by Ji Weining Foreign Languages School of Qingdao Agricultural University June 6, 2014 Contents 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….….…2 2. Theoretical Background…………………………………………………...3 3. Diachronic Study of High Frequency Key Words ……………...……3 4. Diachronic Study of Titles………………………..……………………6 5. Diachronic Study of Generic Structure…………..………………..…..….8 5.1 The Identification of Generic Units—Move and Step………………..9 5.2 Changes of Generic Structure over the Five Periods….………10 6. Conclusion……………………………………...…………………….…13 References ………………………………………………..……….…………14 Acknowledgements……………………………………………………...…..16 Appendix……………………………………………………………………..17 Discourse and Social Change — A Diachronic Study of the New Year’s Editorials (1949-2013) in the People’s Daily Xing Jianping Class 2, 2007, Foreign Languages School, Qingdao Agricultural University Abstract: There is a dialectical relationship between language and society. Language changes with changes of society, in converse, also casts effects on social changes. Since 1949, Chinese society has experienced several major social changes. Whether these social changes will affect language use or not has been one of the major concerns of linguistic field. This paper chooses the New Year’s Editorials of the People’s Daily as study object for the purpose to explore the relations between discourse and social change. Taking systemic functional linguistics theory as theoretical basis and the combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis as research method, this study investigates the diachronic changes of the New Year’s Editorials over 65 years (1949-2013). This investig