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and maintain social relations: for the expression ofsocial roles and getting things done, by means of the interaction between one personand another.” In conclusion, interpersonal meaning involves the interaction ofspeaker/writer and listener/reader and creates relationship between them. It expressesthe speaker’s /writer’s attitude or judgments to others, which may have an influenceon their attitudes or behaviors.
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2.2 A Survey on the Study of Letters of Claims
As mentioned before, business letters become an important means forinternational communication. Thus, this part gives a brief introduction to letters ofclaims, including the definition, structure and principle of writing, which will behelpful for the present analysis. Moreover, studies on letters of claims are also givento prove the feasibility of this research.Correspondence refers to the act of communicating by means of letters passingbetween the two counterpart participants (Wang Ping, 1995: 59). The businesscorrespondence is often used in business transactions or for business purposes inwhich the participants are described as the writer and the reader. Businesscorrespondence is a kind of communication, specifically, “a piece of conversation bypost” (Yang Lincong, 2002: 6). According to their functions, business letters can bedivided into the following categories: offer letters, inquiry letters, confirmation letters,introduction letters, invitation letters, thank-you letters, etc. In terms of the content ofbusiness correspondence, Stewart (1984: 380) proposed that business letters can becategorized as claim and adjustment letters, request letters, credit and collection letters, etc. From the nature of business correspondence, Riley & Mackiewicz (2003)classified business letters into bad-news letters, good-news letters, persuasive lettersand routine business letters. In addition, base on the illocutionary acts theory, businessletters can be divided into convivial letters, competitive letters, conflictive letters andcollaborative letters (Leech, 1983: 104).
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Chapter Three Theoretical Framework......24
3.1 An Introduction to Systemic-Functional Grammar.......24
3.2 Halliday’s Interpersonal Function......27
3.2.1 Person System.......27
3.2.2 Mood System ........29
3.2.3 Modality System ............33
Chapter Four Research Methodology.........38
4.1 Research Questions..........38
4.2 Data Collection and Transcription .....38
4.3 Research Methods............39
4.4 Research Procedures ........40
Chapter Five Data Analysis and Discussion ........41
5.1 Realization of Interpersonal Meaning in Person System.......41
5.2 Realization of Interpersonal Meaning in Mood System ........52
5.2.1 Analysis of Declarative Mood .........54
5.2.2 Analysis of Imperative Mood...........59
5.2.3 Analysis of If-clause Mood.....62
5.2.4 Similarities and Differences in Mood System ..........64
5.3 Realization of Interpersonal Meaning in Modality System ............65

Chapter Five Data Analysis and Discussion

Based on the framework of Halliday’s Systemic-Functional Grammar, thischapter makes a contrastive analysis of the realization of interpersonal meaning inEnglish and Chinese letters of claims from the aspects of person system, mood systemand modality system. In person system, th