1st Edition
Reported Speech in Chinese and English Newspapers Textual and Pragmatic Functions
266 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
266 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
266 Pages
15 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Reported speech is a universal form across human languages. However, previous studies have tended to be limited because they mostly emphasize on the form and authenticity of reported speech, while its discourse and pragmatic functions have largely been ignored. Meanwhile, the studies mainly focus on English, with a comparative perspective with other languages largely missing.
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1 Introduction; 2 Introduction to Reported Speech; 3 The Multidimensional Research Perspective of Reported Speech; 4 Reported Speech in Chinese News Headlines; 5 Reporting Modes in Chinese and English Newspapers (Part One); 6 Reporting Modes in Chinese and English Newspapers (Part Two); 7 Reporting Verbs in Chinese and English Newspaper Reports; 8 News Sources in Chinese and English Newspapers; 9 Reported Speech in Different Newspaper Genres; 10 Conclusion
Biography
XIN Bin is Professor of the School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Nanjing Normal University, China. His research interests include pragmatics, systemic functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis.
GAO Xiaoli is Lecturer of the School of Foreign Languages, Hohai University, China.
SHEN Lei is an associate professor of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China. Her research interest is comparative discourse analysis.
WANG Jingping is an associate professor of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, China. Her research interest is EFL writin
