北京第二外国语学院学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (3): 91-102.DOI: 10.12002/j.bisu.339

• 语言学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

美国公共危机话语互动式元话语特征解析研究——以新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情期间的特朗普话语为例

王磊(), 王文文()   

  1. 北京第二外国语学院 100024
  • 收稿日期:2020-08-10 出版日期:2021-06-30 发布日期:2021-08-24
  • 作者简介:王磊,博士,北京第二外国语学院英语学院教授,100024,研究方向:美国政治、外交话语与对外传播。电子邮箱: trudiwang@126.com
    王文文,北京第二外国语学院英语学院,100024,研究方向:话语分析。电子邮箱: 1094753711@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金项目“美国总统危机话语”(19BGJ025)

An Analysis of the Characteristics of Interactional Metadiscourse in the American Public Health Crisis Discourse Based on Donald Trump’s Discourse during the Coronavirus Epidemic

Wang Lei(), Wang Wenwen()   

  1. Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China
  • Received:2020-08-10 Online:2021-06-30 Published:2021-08-24

摘要:

本文以美国前任总统特朗普在新型冠状病毒肺炎(简称“新冠肺炎”)疫情期间白宫记者会上的发言为语料,运用语料库分析软件LancsBox 4.5对特朗普新冠肺炎疫情话语中的互动式元话语进行定性和定量分析,总结其元话语特征,并据此对当前美国公共危机话语互动式元话语特征进行解析。研究发现,特朗普的新冠肺炎疫情话语利用危机建构人际互动资源,通过频繁运用自我提及语对个人形象进行自我建构,结合运用态度标记语、强调语、模糊限制语、参与标记语来表达个人政治主张以提高民众接受度,将竞选连任视为优先于公共卫生危机的目标。由此可见,美国公共卫生危机的互动式元话语特征体现了非公共卫生因素导致的危机话语对事实的扭曲,不但未能真正解释公共卫生危机的原因和解决方案,反而加重了公共卫生危机。

关键词: 元话语; 特朗普; 危机话语; 互动式元话语; 公共卫生话语

Abstract:

This thesis explores the public health crisis discourse in the U.S. via an analysis of the characteristics of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s interactive metadiscourse. LancsBox 4.5 is used for the analysis of the corpus, which is based on speeches made by Trump at the White House press conferences during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The corpus is used for quantitative and qualitative analyses of Trump’s discourse during the public health crisis. The findings have revealed that Trump’s discourse related to the coronavirus pandemic has employed the crisis to construct interpersonal interaction resources, frequently exploited markers of self-mentions to construct his personal image, and applied attitude markers, boosters, hedges, and engagement markers to improve public support for his re-election campaign. The current public health crisis discourse in the U.S. has been analyzed because the interactive metadiscoursive features of the public health crisis discourse in the U.S. reflect the distortion of the facts that are affected by non-public health factors, which not only fails to explain the causes of and solutions to the public health crisis, but also aggravates it.

Keywords: metadiscourse; Donald Trump; crisis discourse; interactional metadiscourse; public health discourse

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