Abstract:

Based on the transitivity system in Systemic Functional Linguistics, the paper investigates the news reports about One Belt One Road Initiative in Lianhe Zaobao, a mainstream Chinese newspaper in Singapore. It aims to explore how China and One Belt One Road Initiative are reported by the mainstream Chinese media in Singapore. The research results show that the mainstream Chinese media in Singapore report China and One Belt One Road Initiative with focus mainly on actional, relational, psychological, and communicative processes. By depicting the roles of China and Singapore as the knower, the doer and the communicator and describing One Belt One Road Initiative as the medium of joint action, they illustrate the great influence China and One Belt One Road Initiative will have on the development of Singapore and other ASEAN countries. Their reports express the great value Singapore places on its cooperation with China in many areas, which reflects the support of Singapore’s Chinese community for China and One Belt One Road Initiative and their approval of Sino-Singaporean cooperation, thus serving as a bridge between China and Singapore.

Keywords: Lianhe Zaobao; One Belt One Road Initiative; transitivity system; Systemic Functional Linguistics

摘要：

本文以系统功能语言学及物性系统理论为基础,对新加坡华文主流媒体《联合早报》关于“一带一路”的报道进行解读,目的在于探讨新加坡华文媒体所代表的华人社团如何表征及认识中国“一带一路”倡议。研究发现,新加坡华文媒体主要通过动作过程、关系过程、心理过程、交流过程,通过赋予“中国”“一带一路”及“中新”施事、载体、认知者或意愿表现者、交流方等参与者角色,以及通过赋予“新加坡”施事、受事、载体、意愿表现者和情感表现者、交流方等参与者角色,表征了中国及其“一带一路”倡议将对新加坡及东南亚地区发展具有巨大的影响力,表达了新加坡十分重视与中国在多领域合作的意向。这种表征反映了新加坡华人社团对中国及其“一带一路”倡议的支持、对中新合作的肯定以及在中新之间所起的桥梁作用。

关键词: 《联合早报》, “一带一路”, 及物性系统, 系统功能语言学