摘 要:隨著商品經濟的不斷發展,廣告已經滲透到人們生活的各個方面,越來越成為現代社會不可缺少的一部分,隨著全球化趨勢的進一步凸現,廣告業的中西交流也日益頻繁。作為廣告重要組成部分的廣告語言文字——廣告英語,逐步從英語家族中脫穎而出,以其獨特的風格、巨大的吸引力和說服力吸引了許多廣告學家、語言學家對它進行研究,深入了解廣告英語的特點具有越來越重要的現實意義。本文從系統功能語言學的元功能出發,從三個不同的角度對廣告英語進行分析,從人際功能來看,廣告意在說服和促使讀者或聽眾對產品從心動轉向行動;從經驗功能來看,廣告中大量采用某些動詞,既可達到簡明、傳達信息的效果,又可增加語言的表現力,從而促使消費者對產品效果作出反饋;從語篇功能來看,廣告詞中常采用簡練的句子,一下子便能抓住人們的視線或聽覺,引起人們的興趣。
關鍵詞:系統功能語言學;廣告英語
[中圖分類號]H030
[文獻標識碼]A
[文章編號]1006-2831(2009)12-0108-4
Abstract: With the fast development of commodity economy in our society, the advertisement has already permeated through all respects of people’s life. As an important constituent of advertising languages, advertising English gradually distinguishes itself from the English family. By its unique style and persuasion power, it arouses attention from many advertisement experts and linguists. This article, from the perspective of metafunction in systemic functional linguistics, carries on the analysis from three different angles. As to the interpersonal communication function, it is for the purpose of persuading and urging the reader or the audience to take action; as to the experience function, advertisement highlights the frequency of certain verbs, which transmits the information concisely and effectively, and might increase the language expressiveness, thus urge the consumer to make feedback; as to textual function, advertisement often uses the succinct sentence, which can catch people’s attention immediately and arouse people’s interest.
Key words: Systemic Functional Linguistics, advertising English
1. 引言
韓禮德(M. A. K. Halliday)認為語言的性質決定人們對語言的要求,即語言所必須完成的功能。盡管這種功能千變萬化,但還是可以把它們歸納為若干個有限的抽象的功能,這就是“純理功能”或“元功能”,這是種種語言用途所固有的。純理功能包括三方面:
(1)語言是社會人的有意義的活動,是做事的手段,是動作,因此它的功能之一必須是反映人與人間的關系。這個純理功能稱為“人際”(interpersonal)功能。……