International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2020, 2(2); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2020.020207.
Xiangying Cao
Foreign Language Department, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, 330044, China
Based on Halliday's interpersonal function, this paper analyzes several English translations of a poem by Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty aiming at examining the operability and applicability of systemic functional linguistics in poetry analysis.
Interpersonal function, Poetry translation, “Thoughts in a Quiet Night”
Xiangying Cao. A Probe into the Interpersonal Function of a Poetic English Translation of “Thoughts in a Quiet Night”. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2020), Vol. 2, Issue 2: 55-59. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2020.020207.
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