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1、AFunctionalAnalysisofJournalisticWritingJournalisticwritingisaspecialgenreofliterature,whichhasatypicalstyle.Thisarticleaimstodiscovertheuniquefeaturesofthistypeofwritingthroughafunctionalanalysis.BelowistheanalysisofanewsreportfromChinaDaily.1.WiththefallofBaghdad,Iraq'sU.N.ambassadordeclaredWedne
2、sday,"thegameisover.”andbecamethefirstIraqiofficialtoconcededefeatintheUS-ledwar.Itisaclausecomplexconsistingofthreeparatacticclauses.Clause1:withthefallofBaghdad,Iraq'sU.N.ambassadordeclaredWednesdayClause2:“thegameisover”Clause3:andbecamethefirstIraqiofficialtoconcededefeatintheUS-ledwarClause1pr
3、ojectsclause2.Mood:Thethreeclausesarealldeclarativestatements.Inclause1,theSubjectis“Iraq'sU.N.ambassador”andtheFiniteindicatesaneventhappenedinthepast.Inclause2,theSubjectis“thegame”whiletheFiniteshowsapresenttense,becauseitisthespeaker’scommentonthecurrentsituation.Inclause3,theellipticalSubjecti
4、sthesameasthatofclause1,anditsFiniteshowsanactionhappenedinthepast.Transitivity:Theprocessofclause1isaVerbalone,“Iraq'sU.N.ambassador”astheSayer,while“withthefallofBaghdad”and“Wednesday”astheCircumstance.Clause2isanAttributiveRelational,“thegame”actsastheCarrierand“over”theAttribute.Clause3isanIden
5、tifyingRelational,“thefirstIraqiofficialtoconcededefeatintheUS-ledwar”beingtheIndentifier.2.MohammedAl-DouriexpressedhopethattheIraqipeoplewillnowbeabletoliveinpeace.Mood:TheSubjectofthisdeclarativeclauseis“MohammedAl-Douri”,anditsFiniteshowsapasttense.Transitivity:ItisaVerbalprocess,“MohammedAl-Do
6、uri”theSayer,“hopethattheIraqipeoplewillnowbeabletoliveinpeace”theVerbiage.3."Myworknowispeace,"hetoldreportersoutsidehisNewYorkresidence."Thegameisover,andIhopethepeacewillprevail.IhopetheIraqipeoplewillhaveahappylife."Thisclausecomplexconsistsofthreeindependentclauses.Clause1:"Myworknowispeace,"C
7、lause2:hetoldreportersoutsidehisNewYorkresidenceClause3:"Thegameisover,andIhopethepeacewillprevail.IhopetheIraqipeoplewillhaveahappylife."(Itisaquote,whichisalsoaclausecomplexmadeupofthreeparatacticclauses.
