The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 2022, 4(11); doi: 10.25236/FSST.2022.041108.
Sai Ma1, Sheng Rong2
1English Department, School of Foreign Languages, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, 063000, China
2Department of Foreign Languages, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244000, China
As the official media, China Daily’s attitude in foreign reports is highly consistent with the government’s foreign policy. Based on the theories of CDA and PDA, this paper analyzes the attitude resources in the reports of China and Hungary fighting against the epidemic. The results demonstrate that the affect resources take the largest proportion in China Daily’s China-Hungary anti-epidemic reports. Almost all attitude resources are positive and mainly expressed in the implicit form (invoked). More appraisers are among others rather than the author of the report. The appraised are primarily others instead of the appraiser oneself. This evaluation mode ensures the objectivity of the report and helps to win the trust and support of readers.
Critical Discourse Analysis, Positive Discourse Analysis, Appraisal System, China-Hungary Anti-epidemic Reports
Sai Ma, Sheng Rong. An Appraisal System Based Discourse Analysis on China-Hungary Anti-epidemic Reports. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology (2022) Vol. 4, Issue 11: 49-55. https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2022.041108.
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