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Goodmorning,distinguishedprofessorsandteachers,ladiesandgentlemen,thankyouforattendingtheoraldefense.Firstandformost,Iwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisor,ProfessorWuWei,forherintellectualguidance,invaluableinstructionsandcommentsonmythesis.ItiswithhervaluableassistancethatIhavefinallyaccomplishedthisthesis.ThetitleofmypaperisTheLinguisticAnalysisonTheDiscourseofEnglishBroadcastNews.Ichoosethisasmytopicduetothefollowingreasons.Firstly,newshasbecomeoneofthemainrecoursetogetinformation.Secondly,studynewscanhelpusbetterunderstandculture.Lastbutnottheleast,beingareporterwasoneofmydreams,thoughitwillnolongercometrue,IstillhopeIcandosomedevotioninthestudyoftheanalysisonnewsdiscoursetoprovidesomehelpfulprinciplesfornewsreports.Next,Iwillpresentittoyou.Hereisanoutlineofmypresentation.Thispaperconsistsofsevenparts.Partonepresentsanintroductiontothewholethesisbypointingoutthepurposeandsignificanceofthisstudy.ThepurposeinthisthesisistoconductacomprehensiveandsystematiccomparisonandanalysisoffeaturesofthediscourseofEnglishbroadcastnews.ThesignificanceofthisthesisistoindicatesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishbroadcastnewsintermsoftransitivityandmodelingofHalliday’sSystemicFunctionalGrammar.AndtoexplainthedifferentfunctionalresultsbetweenChineseandEnglishnewsreports.ItishopedthatthestudywillnotonlyenablestudentstoovercometheirdifficultiesinlisteningEnglishnewsreports,toincreasetheirunderstandingofEnglishnewsreports,toraisetheirinterestsoflearningEnglish,butalsoprovidethenewsreportingcriteriontothejournalistsandreporters,especiallytothosewhoareworkingforinternationalnewsagencies.Parttwoisliteraturereviewwhichintroducestherelevantresearchaboutdiscourseanalysisathomeandabroadandthenpointsoutthetheoreticalbasisandmethods.Inthischapter,theauthorintroducestheoriginofdiscourseanalysis,andsomeveryhelpfultheoriesinanalyzingnewsdiscourse.Inthispart,itoverviewssomecommonknowledgerelatedtonews,includingdefinitionsofnews,thecharacteristicsofnews,andtheinclusionrelationshipbetweendiscourseandnewsdiscourse.PartthreegivesadetailedintroductiontolexicalanalysisonthediscourseofbroadcastnewsandexplainsthelexicalcharacteristicsofEnglishbroadcastnews.InChapter3,theauthorintroduceslexicaldensity,whichisakindofmathematicalmethodtomeasurehowmuchmeaningfulinformationisincludedinnewsreport.Andinlexicalanalysisonthediscourseofbroadcastnews,ithasseveralfeaturesthatitiscommonthatwealwaysseepowerfulwords,whicharealwayssimple,andcontractionwordsandacronymsareusedinnewsreports.Besides,nounsarealwaysusedasattributivestosavereportingtimeandmakethereportsbriefer.Numeralsalwaysappearinnewstodedicatethescientificandauthenticcharacteristicsofnews.Fuzzytermsandhedgesarealsousedtoshowtherespectofpracticeandfacts.PartfourmakesthesyntacticanalysisonthediscourseofEnglishbroadcastnews.Inthischapter,wecanseesomesyntacticfeaturesofbroadcastnews.Usually,therearemoreexpressionsandfewersentencesareusedinbroadcastnews.Ofcourse,weusebothsimplesentencesandcompletesentencestoenrichthenews.Assertivesentenceshaveabsoluteadvantagesinnewsreporting.Furthermore,itiscommontoseetheappositionsusedinnews.Thisphenomenonusuallyoccurstointroduceanimportantpersonoranorganizationinnews.Besides,thereisalsoaninterestingforminnewsthatweusuallyuseaninanimatesubjectplusananimateverb,whichmakesnewssoundmorevividly.PartfiveexplainsindetailthefeaturesofEnglishbroadcastnewsfromtheperspectiveoftheme-rhemestructureandinformationstructure.Inthischapter,theauthoranalyzesseveralinstancesinbroadcastnewsfromtheperspectiveoftheme,rhemeandinformationstructure.Inthispart,itchangesourtraditionalopinionthatthethemeshouldbecorrespondingtogiveninformation,whiletherhemeshouldbecorrespondingtounknowninformation.Thatisbecausebroadcastnewsisakindofdiscoursecontaininglargeinformation.Inthispart,theauthorexplainsandanalyzessevenpatternsoftheme-themestructure.PartsixmakesananalysisonbroadcastnewsdiscourseaccordingtoHalliday’sSystemicFunctionalGrammar.InthisChapter,theauthormakestheanalysisonEnglishbroadcastnewsincontextbyHalliday’sSystemicFunctionalGrammar.Inthisthesis,wemainlyfocusontransitivityandmodelingtheories.ByutilizingthetwodifferentaspectsofSystemicFunctionalGrammar,thisthesisanalyzesthenewsexamplesintermsoftheircommunicativefunctionality;thatis,howeachtextseekstodealwithpotentiallycontentiouspropositions,howitactstowinoveraudiencetoitsparticularevaluativeposition,andhowitslexico-grammaticalandtextorganizationalchoicesservetolendmoreorlesscovertsupporttotheparticularstanceeachnewsreporteradopts.TheresultnotmerelyshowedhowskillfullythewritersutilizevariousnewsresourcestoachievetheirpurposesbutitalsodemonstratedhowpowerfulanalyticaltoolsSystemicFunctionalGrammarcanbeinanalyzingnewsdiscourse.Finally,intheconclusion,theauthorsummarizesthepreviouspartsandemphasizesthesignificanceoftheargumentofthethesisagain.Althoughalotofeffortshavebeenmadeinthisstudy,therearestillsomeaspectsthatneedtobeimproved.Firstofall,thecorporaemployedinthispaperarerelativelysmallinsize,andthesamplesselectedmay