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me(October 22, 2001)杂志的封面。封面上占据中心位置、并以显著字号标著的是strikingback。这一名词性词组不仅点明了该杂志有关语篇的主题,而且暗示它将是整本杂志的中心话题,使得读者在了解杂志中语篇的具体内容之前就对其内容的方向性有了初步了解,从而在读者中产生了“潜势连贯”(prospective coherence)的效应。标记性主题不仅体现在杂志封面,而且体现在其中语篇的标题上。如Time(September 24, 2001)中的语篇“A President Finds His Voice”,其显著性体现了与上例同样的主题性特征。

2.1.1.2主题的重复出现主题性还体现在主题的重复出现上。试以Time(September 24, 2001)的目录为例。目录中所有语篇的主题都与2001年9月11日发生的恐怖分子驾机撞毁美国纽约世贸大楼这一事件有关。若将9·11事件视作该杂志的大主题,各语篇的次级主题则都指向这一大主题,如下页左栏上部图所示。该图显示出次级主题并非大主题显明的构成要素。各个次级主题对大主题的指向使大主题和各次级主题之间构成了动态的过程关系。所以,在此很难适用结构主义的分析方法,但该图的整体结构却易使我

们联想到“场”的概念。因此,为了描述和分析的便利,我们可利用“连贯场”(coherence field)这一概念。次级主题全都指向同一个大主题,这一整体态势即构成了连贯场。无论读者解读杂志中的哪个语篇,都逃不脱这个连贯场的范畴,即都要将解读行为与9·11事件这一大主题相关联。我们在前面提到,新闻英语的主题性体现在作者对主题的操作上。为使主题重复出现,其中有一个不容忽视的语法上的具体操作方法,即通过指代(refer-ence)中的回指(anaphora)。试以“A President FindsHis Voice”(Time,September 24, 2001)中的段落为例:    (开首)A man ain' t supposed to cry. Ahundred movies, books and the bylaws of theRepublican Party say so. Butthe Presidentdidn' t begin to fill the role of Commander inChief untilhelethiseyes well up. Answering areporter' s question Thursday morning in the O-val Office,heteared up and said,“Iam a lov-ing guy, andIam also someone, however, whohas got a job to do ... This country will not re-lent until we have saved ourselves and othersfrom the terrible tragedy that came upon Amer-ica.”(正文)WhenBushlistened tohisp.r. teamand worried abouthisimage,hewas at hisworst. Whenhelistened tohisconscience,turnedhisback on evangelists Jerry Falwell andPat Robertson, who had suggested that thebombings might be God' s wrath on gays, les-bians, feminists and civil libertarians,hewasbecoming the kind of leader we need. And whenhemourned victims and comforted survivorsand rallied the nation from the rubble, he beganto discover his best.(结尾)Bush's fatherhad the same peoplearound him during Desert Storm, buthe本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。